Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

3 reviews

mags88's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Twist and turns!
Loved how it came together! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Grief, Suicide, Addiction, Body shaming, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Abortion, Car accident, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Miscarriage, Drug use, and Drug abuse

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.75

This was an enjoyable read, and I think I would try these authors again. They definitely did a great job bringing their voices together. I do like a "dark past" story, but sometimes authors can refer to it too often, which makes the reader feel like screaming "oh my GOSH JUST TELL ME ALREADY," which I felt a teensy bit here. Overall, I was surprised multiple times throughout the book, which is great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Misogyny, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Physical abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Bullying, and Stalking

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Classism, and Fatphobia

ambient's review

so extremely extremely boring

i checked spoiler reviews to see if it was worth it but i cld not go on .. i guessed the plot twist but even if i didn’t i think i would’ve dnf’d after the twist reveal, literally just spousal issues n alcoholism disguised as a ‘thriller’, i mean ig it is a domestic thriller, but i expected ..more? from a hyped book

Spoiler

how does one even go from vanessa to nellie dumb asf

the plot was somewhat slow moving but it did grip me *sometimes*, the characters were fine? i didn’t care for any of them other than sometimes pitying vanessa, i did like the writing tho, how it tries to misdirect, n can shove you into a flashback without warning

if i held out for longer it might’ve been ok but can’t see this getting any higher than 3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse