Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

49 reviews

aileron's review

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

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

emmonsannae's review against another edition

lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book wasn’t at all what I expected—a doubly manipulative romance turned into a twisty thriller. I disliked it at first and turned around by the ending. I love Jane Eyre so much, and so this was a mixed bag: Full of fun easter eggs and references, but massively different characters. JE is all about character development and so all its characters are exquisite and work beautifully to become better people; the same characters here are stagnant and all a little bit awful (though deeply interesting). But Rachel Hawkins did what she always does so well: The plot is GREAT. By the end, nothing is what it’s looked like, and there’s a massively satisfying ending for all its characters. A fun one-day read :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

nahal3's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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

calhudak's review against another edition

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

alexklinect's review

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

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 against another edition

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