Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson

20 reviews

carissa230's review against another edition

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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

3.25

 Abigail met an extremely rich man, fell in love, and got married...kind of. On her honeymoon Abigail has a one night stand (really in love), but then decides she really does love him. She continues with the marriage because he's super rich she loves him.

She is relaxing and enjoying her reclusive honeymoon, when she sees him. She is so caught up in his presence that she doesn't notice the strangeness of the island around her. 
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sallysimply's review

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tense medium-paced

1.5

I'm gonna need men to stop writing thrillers where the "thrill" is that the husband is abusive or the men hate women. Try harder!

The only reason I kept reading past the halfway point is because I thought that, surely, this wasn't just going to be about a bunch of men who hate women, right?? There must be something else going on like a weird science experiment or... truly anything else. But then, SURPRISE! That's all it's about. And since by that point I was 75% in, I just switched to 2x speed and powered through, but I was only half listening because I kept rolling my eyes at the absurdity of it all.
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unphilosophize's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

I love Swanson’s writing, but the pacing of the book was a bit weird.
I found it hard to get into and keep interested. 
I liked the ideas. 
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eeviee's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated

2.0

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moonlit_paperbacks's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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alittlepotato's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

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emeraldelephant's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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elhenderson's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.75

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lisacanteven's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

This book starts out very innocent and slow. The first 75 pages are back story, although I am not sure all of it was necessary. There were chapters at the beginning that I thought could have totally been omitted, but I'm sure they were there to meet a page quota.  I knew from Peter Swanson's past books that he tends to pack a big punch after a pretty slow build-up. However, it felt like a lot of his "build-up" was uncalled for. Not unenjoyable - but just not necessary. 

Once the story kicked off, things moved pretty quickly. Most of the twists and turns were totally unexpected. The last 75 pages were the exact opposite of the first 75. I could not put the book down, and my heart was racing the whole time. I haven't had a book do that to me in a long time. Surprisingly this was my first thriller of 2021 (yes, it's the end of March), and I was not disappointed in it. I won't be rushing out to read Swanson's other books, but I would like to read more by him eventually.

There was some talk about rape for a consensual sexual act. I felt like the mislabel of rape could be a triggering for some.


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hilarylouise's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-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

1.0

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