Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

51 reviews

madi_miss's review

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

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

nahal3's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Confinement

cyndi1966's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity and Alcohol

thelibbyshow's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed this! I listened on audio and was hooked from the very beginning. It was suspenseful and fun and I literally could not stop listening to the story to find out what happened next.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Kidnapping

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

alexklinect's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

Definitely a page turner! Unfortunately, the abundance of language combined with the irritating, unlovable, and unbelievable characters (all of them) as well as the convoluted ending made this only a 3-star rating for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

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

classicsandcatnaps's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

enchantedmammal's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Toxic relationship