Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead

70 reviews

fskylynn's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

kkulhannie's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

5.0

without a doubt the most fucked-up book i have ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

chemistryreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was absolutely addicting and I finished it in a single work day. It was that good. I’m not normally a thriller person, but this one seemed intriguing so I gave it a try. The narrator is so incredibly perfect with different accents and perfect inflections that set the mood of the story. This book moves quickly and it is so easy to be swept up into the plot. Two best friends murdered and both look like suicides? Trying to help the case to only get turned away by the police and having to turn to an old friend instead? The layers of the case get peeled back and more intense with every turn. I was continually surprised by the plot and still am mulling over the open ending. An ending I’m okay with, but I also wanted it more closed and happy - which I know isn’t normal for a thriller! There were aspects of the book I didn’t love - the manipulation was very quick, the initiation was even quicker and bizarrely permanent, Cal, and the multiple escapes. Overall, still an excellent plot and really addicting read. 4⭐️, 4⚠️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kelseyisthebest's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

kaylanbacon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

hollyamber's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.25

Plotline: After the suspicious death of her 2 college friends, Shay returns to the place where she died, and where they experienced a collective trauma that may be linked to her death in an effort to uncover the truth.

This was super interesting, but verrrrry heavy! Many trigger warnings needed for this one. I was hooked though - I loved the story being told partially through interview recordings and recollections of past events. A really good twist too. I'd have loved to have heard more of the back story of the "bad guy" in this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

lindseyjones's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

2.75

This book was horny in a bad way, predictable, and increasingly boring the more I read. But I thought about it a lot and I finished it so hey. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

busyknitting's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

I have so many feelings about this book. The beginning of the book was strong because it had a lot of tension. There was a build-up to learning about what happened to Shay, and then I felt like after she gets involved with the Paters, (which sounded kind of mispronounced from a Latin standpoint in the first part of the audiobook) the tension is just lost. The meetings can't be portrayed as super terrifying

if really nothing bad happens to Shay and she can escape all the time. Also what the hell was up with her getting the brand?

I feel like the violence got normalized to the reader because it was just more and more meetings. I did want to stop reading it a few times because the misogynistic language from The Bad Guys was too much. I also thought, and this felt confirmed by the author being an academic, that there were some Big Ideas about Feminism that were tried to be explored, but it felt heavy-handed and not concrete. Also, I really wanted to like Jamie, but I felt

not great about him from a reporter-is-exploiting-trauma standpoint and also that Shay seemed in no healthy mental state to be having a sexual relationship.

I feel like the reflections on the past had a lot of promise as a plot, but I started feeling lost as current events happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Police brutality, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Big alert - this has a lot of violence against women, misogynistic language, and sexual violence, so it's a rough time.

maggiemichael's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail