Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

135 reviews

justjaqueline's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

 Non so se sia stato il formato o la mia abilità di (non) usare i miei neuroni nell'ultimo mese, ma non sono riuscita ad anticipare un plot twist per tutto il romanzo (tranne uno, ma era talmente minuscolo che neanche lo conto). La scrittura è a tratti banale, ma onestamente non mi aspettavo niente di che e ne sono uscita piacevolmente stupida, quindi promosso su tutti i fronti. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Blood

themessylifeofabookishgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Domestic abuse

alicemorrison1029's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Infidelity

beckym1728's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

enrapturing for sure, fun twists and turns, felt like it dragged a little bit thru the middle/60% point

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

samdalefox's review

mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

I read this as an audiobook. I find these types of thrillers do well in this format and I enjoyed listening to it. The book is a confident portrayal of a dysfunctional relationship (see the content warnings section for specifics as these could be considered as spoilers but are important to highlight), and the twists were enjoyable even if I did guess one or two - though not all!.

I think two quotes perfectly sum up the sentiments resting behind the story:

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Richard: "I thought you could save me from myself". Vanessa to Emma: "A part of you already knows what he's like, who he is."

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Take home message: believe women. Have solidarity with women. Work towards dismantling the patirachy and rehabilitating men who have never learned to love or respect themeselves or others.

One further note:

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the Duke the dog going missing storyline hit me hard. I was devastated.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Medical content, Infertility, Sexual assault, Stalking, Body shaming, and Car accident

tanner_dawn's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death

bethasaurus13's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Domestic abuse

kande0321's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion

bakedparmesan's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Slow paced story, never really reached that “WHAT?” Moment for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

dev921's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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: Body shaming, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Abortion, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cancer, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Infidelity