Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Rock Paper Scissors, by Alice Feeney

24 reviews

tristapruridge's review

dark mysterious 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Infidelity, Infertility, Stalking, Car accident, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, and Terminal illness

Minor: Violence, Pregnancy, Medical content, Alcohol, Murder, and Grief

growintogardens'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

3.25

I had most of it figured out quicker than expected, but it kept my attention throughout and surprised a couple times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Murder, Car accident, Death, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, and Emotional abuse

melissalynn117's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity, Infertility, Toxic relationship, and Grief

robins_reads's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

I wish people were more like books. If you realize halfway through a novel that you aren't enjoying it anymore, you can just stop and find something new to read. Same with films and TV dramas. There is no judgment, no guilt, nobody
even needs to know unless you choose to tell them. But with people, you tend to have to see it through to the end, and sadly not everyone gets to live happily ever after

Sometimes you just know a person is bad news as soon as you meet them, because they’re rotten, inside and out, and instinct tells you to stay away.

this one was difficult for me to rate. when i finished it, it didn’t feel like a 5 star read BUT it also didn’t feel like a 4 star read or as low as a 3 star read. i think i hyped this one up for myself prior to diving in to it, which ultimately lead to me being disappointed and settling on 3 stars. it started out great and i really liked it until the end, which i wasn’t a fan of at all. while i didn’t guess the main/big plot twist, i still didn’t get that wow factor i look for in thrillers when the twists/reveals occur. i did really enjoy the writing style, so i’ll definitely be checking out other books by this author - this just wasn’t the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, Death, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Infidelity

rebeccaelizabeth94's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Grief, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Panic attacks/disorders

slash's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Grief, Death, and Miscarriage

alexisgarcia's review

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

this was good but it felt like too much and not enough at the same time. some things were repetitive and some were underdeveloped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

joisaddler's review

dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child death, Mental illness, Death, and Infertility

Minor: Miscarriage, Murder, Abortion, and Suicide

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Violence, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

seawarrior's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

3.0

While Rock Paper Scissors was an engaging thriller, I felt that it was difficult to suspend my disbelief at times. The likelihood of certain plot elements weaving together was so improbable that it was almost silly. At times I felt as if the creation of a solid, meaningful story was sacrificed for the sake of jamming in as many plot twists and mysterious one-liners as possible. I didn't grow attached to any of the characters either. To make the book work they all had to be secretive, manipulative people so it was difficult to feel drawn to them. However, this was entertaining to read and I did think that the suspense was done well. I would recommend it to people looking for something immersive to read that they don't need to take too seriously. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Stalking, Grief, and Death