Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead

145 reviews

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

flyingryndeer's review against another edition

medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, and Alcohol

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

khgp's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

hfred28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Gaslighting

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

tesshersh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

WHOA! I didn’t expect to like this so much! The pacing was great and the formatting going between podcast transcripts and narrative was really cool and translated well to audiobook format. The plot twists were both shocking and made total sense once you went back and looked for clues. A little girlboss-y but didn’t bother me as much as it normally does because I think it was balanced out. 

My only annoyance is that I think it’s cheesy when at the end of the book it reveals that this is the book that the character was writing… but also it wasn’t super clear if that was the case or if it was titled the same? Is that dumb of me? So I didn’t mind as much.
I also really liked that it didn’t end with a “if you kill him it means you’re just as bad as him” situation. Like no get his ass girl!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

diamondjade's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This story was different, and kept me very interested. It was a pretty wild ride and not like any other book I’ve read before. I admire that. I like that the main character is somewhat implicated and for most of the book there is no clear defining line between good/evil. The author did a very good job building a story where you can understand how people got to the point that they are at, even if they are very questionable. The only part I was not a fan of was the story line with main character and her husband. I felt that it was unnecessary, and very typical. It didn’t really add to the story and it seems like the ending of that plot line is what we see at the end of any suburban gender crime type story. Also, take the trigger warnings seriously. It’s very messed up and can be very graphic at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Gore, Torture, Blood, and Gaslighting

alexandragriffin's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

Tbh I finished this book then immediately learned about the Supreme Court overturning the Chevron ruling and it really freaked me out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Sexual assault