Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

13 reviews

daniofthewood's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol

juliana97's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Medical content, and Car accident

hiitssimone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Death and Medical content

Minor: Cursing

phantomgecko's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Love me a braided narrative. The stories intertwined well and had an ending that was predictable to a point but still managed to surprise a little.

I actually enjoyed the various strands of 'what if' that were thrown in. These were mostly at the end but there were a few throughout. It might be easy to think addressing a theoretical alternate universe would be pointless, this time it really twisted the knife.

This book doesn't have a happy ending, but nor is it necessarily sad. A little ambiguous, a little hopeful maybe. But then the 'what ifs' are tossed in like a gut punch. (I support the gut punch)

I think my only disappointment is not liking any of the characters. Each had a bit a relatability, I guess, but I didn't like them. Maybe you're not supposed to like them? I didn't root for any of them, though I was outraged on their behalf a time or two.

All in all, better than I expected. Will probably read more by this author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident

3shinywindows's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Vomit and Medical content

izzyhallow's review

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Another incredible novel from Liane Moriarty. The delicious kind of writing that makes you go over paragraphs again and again just it let it wash over you. A bit slow to get going but truly unputdownable from the mid-point. And with an earth shattering Epilogue which ties everything up in a melancholy bow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Murder

Moderate: Vomit and Medical content

danajoy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death, Death, Vomit, and Alcohol

pyourch's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I loved this book. I flew through it due to the suspense, the drama, the build up. truly a page turner. short, digestible chapters that flip between multiple characters / situations. Easy to read but a lot to take away as well. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys multiple POVs, mystery and drama. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

izwit's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fatphobia, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, and Medical content

rebeccarudisill's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Suicide attempt

Car vs bike accident involving a child