Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

58 reviews

maddie_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Really interesting book. Enjoyed the science fiction concepts and themes it explored. Enjoyed that it brought up themes of childhood trauma to explain how the main character became so

rigid, mean, intense etc

However I found the writing slogged a bit when talking about the main characters feelings and I found her main insufferable at points

I knew Evelyn wasn't supposed to be lovable, but oh my god, I could not stand her! At the beginning I was even hoping that Martine was going to kill her and take her place or something lol. Wished we saw Martine's perspective. Enjoyed the ending. Some really good scenes like them dealing with the bodies. Also wished the lab assistant came back.

The audiobook narration wasn't my personal favourite, the narrator sounded like they were about to start sobbing multiple times throughout and it gave it a bit of an odd vibe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

sjeast17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rockyc5's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Other than that I thought I had better ideas of what to do to solve the problems the characters faced than what they came up with, THIS BOOK IS AWESOME. I think it's fair to say it's totally unique even as books about

clones

multiply. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Death of parent

pandact's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

4.25

Nature vs. Nurture by Chase Petra is a cool song that hits the same beats about children, parents, and ethics!

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week podcast turned out to be the perfect place to recommend this book, for so many reasons. The best way I can describe this story is: parts of Frankenstein and Stepford Wives reanimated with modern concerns.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, and Medical trauma

elya_moss93's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse and Misogyny

softanimal's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

heypretty52's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Infidelity, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

amcleod'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

5.0

The Echo Wife has been my favorite Sarah Gailey book so far, which is saying something. It was my favorite form of fiction, where the emotional arc is deeply entwined with the fantasy or sci Fi elements. It's a story about the ways that abuse both familial and romantic leave deep wounds on the victim that last for the rest of their lives. As with all of Sarah Gailey's books the mechanics of the story are immaculate and the portrait of the main character is painfully human. The past and present are woven together seamlessly with clear threads running between to flesh out a life and the plot is always satisfying and never predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

catandherbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I'm still not sure how I feel about this book. I didn't hate it, and I didn't love it either... I did really enjoy Evelyn and Martine and their personal development, as well as their interaction with each other

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death of parent

sparklefarm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Not at one point did I know where this was going.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Murder