Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Club by Ellery Lloyd

34 reviews

jennalea_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

This was a great, mysterious read, the plot was neatly tied up at the end making for a satisfying read. However, this just wasn’t pacy enough for me personally and I think that this book could maybe have been shorter. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

dev921's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

chyde's review

slow-paced

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

2.0

It had a lot of promise but I kept waiting for it to start.... then I got bored.... then it finished.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse

savheath's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

chhwang's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Car accident

Minor: Drug use

cady_sass's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

A perfectly fine way to spend an evening but the book, in its entirely, is utterly forgettable. There are some interesting storylines in there, but I literally just put the book down and I’d have trouble explaining any of them. Or match the character names to their subplot. SO many characters. SO many rich white people. Meh. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

mrsjoellebell'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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident

amcghig's review against another edition

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

archaicrobin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

This one takes a bit of grace with reality and to get through it you really do need to suspend your disbelief but it was an interesting premise that just seems to fizzle our halfway through. 

Ned Groom is a millionaire that thrives off of hosting the worlds biggest stars at his resorts. Told from multiple perspectives the reader begins to unravel the tragedies that occurred during the weekend of Ned’s newest venture, island home’s launch. 

This thriller has lots of characters and lots of twists, at times too many. I really enjoyed this one at first, it was fast paced with interesting characters, and a fun premise but halfway through the twists started getting gratuitous and the story just got dull. I didn’t really care for any of the characters by the end and everything took way too long to happen. 

I read a lot of thrillers and this wasn’t the worst one I’ve read but it didn’t really do anything for me either to make it stand out. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

emilyhays8's review

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail