Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Wife Between Us by Sarah Pekkanen, Greer Hendricks

24 reviews

crystal689's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Blood and Grief

marisa_n's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Lots of twists & turns. Some were more enjoyable than others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

leahlovesloslibros's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

The Wife Between Us is broken into 3 main parts. Part 1 really got me hooked, wanting to know all the secrets and things left unsaid, as is necessary with any good book. We follow Vanessa's story as she mourns her [previous] marriage with Richard and begins stalking Nellie, Richard's new fiancee, in the weeks leading up to their wedding. Part 2 delves more into Nellie's relationship with Richard and how she is enamored with him and the lifestyle that being with him affords her. It showcases a bit of how she deals with Vanessa stalking her as well. Part 3....was kind of a shitshow, if I'm being honest. I felt like it was all over the place, which made it hard to follow. This section was the least surprising of the 3, which didn't exactly push me to finish the book, but I did. 

This book had several twists and turns. I didn't necessarily suspect any of them, but I won't say they really gave me a huge shock factor, either. Without saying too much, I will say that the one that really surprised me was when we found out more about the relationship between the dual narrators, Vanessa and Nellie. I was also surprised by the final twist in the epilogue; that one I totally didn't expect. Other than that, I felt that the other big twists were just, "meh."

Overall, I didn't love this book. I'm glad I didn't spend the money to buy The Wife Between Us; I listened to the audio book on Libby. I will give the authors another try, as I already own An Anonymous Girl, and that one seems to have higher praise than this one did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, and Abortion

lilacsophie's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Vomit, and Grief