Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

72 reviews

aileron's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

planettes's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

All of the characters are assholes and I love that for them!!

Only the loosest of connections with Jane Eyre, so I wouldn't re ommend picking this up for that, but it was very enjoyable as a thriller. 

There were places the main narrator (Jane) was borderline unbearable, but that's a good thing, because it was on purpose. If you want someone to root for, that won't be her though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism and Eating disorder

calhudak's review

mysterious 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

lpdx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bessadams's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

savreads28's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cassroberts89's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.5

It’s been a while since I read Reckless Girls, but I remember enjoying that book much more than I did this one. It’s a page-turner, but not really a twisty thriller. And the romance/not-romance didn’t really do much for me. Still, it was a fun quick read. I couldn’t put it down mainly because I wanted to watch this dumpster fire play out till the end. 

And I still haven’t read anything by the Brontës. Guess I need to get on that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Toxic friendship

rachel_stout's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Domestic abuse and Violence

dev921's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

analea_lucille's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail