Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

122 reviews

mezthly's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Murder

corywbowers's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Terminal illness, Blood, Abortion, and Alcohol

areads17's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sjking's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

2.25

So many trigger warnings- all the trigger warnings. I did not like this book, but I also didn’t hate it. It felt like the author was adding gruesome, horrible scenes just for shock value by the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Vomit, and Pregnancy

nicolern0826'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Blood, and Death of parent

hbsnewadventure's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

bentonpruitt's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

2.75

This book was ok.  There were definitely frustrating parts where characters acted against their development and either did things that just didn’t fit or didn’t do things that would have solved the problem before it even started.  Clearly attempting to be edgy and twisty but ended up being pretty tropey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

This book has ALL of the thriller content warnings plus some.

fresholivebread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Book club read. Three high school friends: Angela's dead, Geo's hiding truths, and Kaiser becomes the cop who eventually arrests Geo. And oh, there's a serial killer lurking about. Warning: this is a gory book dealing with

(graphic) rape, sexual violence, abuse, murder, infidelity

. and all the works. Our MCs are as flawed as can be, cynical, hardened and rather awful people (not to mention they lie a lot). 

All the relationships are kinda fucked up, though that's probably the intention. I felt for Kaiser though, he didn't deserve some of the hell he got. The thriller aspect - as disturbing and dark as it may be - great, and the twisty reveals are paced well with elements of shock. Not sure how I felt about the ending -

maybe Kai still deserved some happiness, but Geo was still a question mark for me at the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity

sbubb's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

to everyone who has recommended this book to me over the last two years, that must’ve been some kind of cruel and unusual punishment for an unknown transgression i’ve committed. i adore Karin Slaughter and Gillian Flynn and i’ve at least halfway enjoyed almost every thriller i’ve read. this takes the cake as the most unbelievable, over-the-top nonsense book i’ve ever read. i’m a big fan of unlikable and flawed narrators and characters, shoutout Karin and Gillian, but

Geo was one of the most unlikable people i’ve ever had the displeasure of reading about, real or fictional. actually, not one character in this book was likable. whatever lesson i was supposed to learn from this, i didn’t. the rapist boyfriend redemption arc was insane. also, was the mother-son rape scene necessary??? the everybody is flawed, there are no heroes and no villains lesson that Jennifer Hillier attempted to pound into my now aching head was also nonsensical. some people are just assholes.

this book was nauseating from start to finish in the worst way possible. to be succinct, this book sucks eggs and i am baffled by the overwhelmingly positive response. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Violence

karinreadsalot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Abortion