Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson

31 reviews

kasey_reads's review against another edition

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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

hillarydanielle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Male voices of the audiobook weren’t great and the third person narrative was strange since the story was all from Abigail’s point of view. Pretty predictable storyline but relatively fast paced, would recommend reading in one go. Overall felt like an unfinished first draft, lots of potential but nothing was fully connected  and fleshed out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Rape

samvanz12's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

carissa230's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Confinement, Rape, Vomit, and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence

sallysimply's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement and Rape

Minor: Infidelity

mrscorytee's review against another edition

fast-paced

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

eeviee's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Violence

moonlit_paperbacks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

2.0

 Yeah, no.
Maybe I shouldn't read books about marriages, I really don't enjoy them. :D The beginning was so boring. Telling a stranger everything about your past relationships during your bachelorett party (including highschool and family details completely irrelevant to the plot)? And then cheating with him on your fiance? And then just all the red flags, when the fiance/husband became totally controlling? But the book gets bonus points for pointing out that mabay she wasn't questioning her husbands creepy behavious because he was rich.
There was almost nothing surprising about the plot, you could see every twist coming ... basically from the beginning. The most surprising part was that action sequence at the end that reminded me a lot of the Tomb Raider parts I hate to play. I enjoyed that but it was pretty convenient to learn about all those hidden skills of the protagonist the second she needed them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

emeraldelephant's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infidelity, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking