Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

29 reviews

fi_sandison's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Suicide attempt

cije's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Car accident, and Murder

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

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

entommoore's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death and Death

chailady's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I waffled between really liking this book, and absolutely hate. The epilogue was the deciding factor. Time travel is not possible, and I really dislike the “what if” aspect. What if is a guessing game and I don’t like it…in books, in my classroom, or in real life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Grief, and Medical trauma

kar5300's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

emrol1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

nitar8's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Murder