Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

17 reviews

stephaniezd's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

This book kept me on the edge of my seat the WHOLE time. I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next!!!

Not the traditional unreliable narrator, which completely caught me off guard!

I loved every second of the ride. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Blood, and Alcohol

mangofraiche'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

emilyspex's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

0.5

Um... Fucking WHAT??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

caties_books's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bnelson13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Amazing! So gripping! So thrilling! I could not put it down! There were some fantastic unexpected plot twists right up to the end! I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Alcohol

mensfrightsactivist's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.0

Honestly I never leave reviews but this book has me mad as f***.

The ending specifically. I was expecting the author to be gearing up to some big reveal that redeemed the protagonist but no, she’s just insane with a list of unspecified diagnoses, and every last point of intrigue was entirely made up as a result of those diagnoses. How lazy!!! Not to mention ableist, namely in perpetuating stereotypes of the mentally ill.

All in all an incredibly disappointing waste of a day and I would not recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

sleepburrito's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Blood and Injury/Injury detail