Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica

15 reviews

jerica_mercado's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

raavi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, and Abandonment

Minor: Terminal illness, Murder, Stalking, and Pregnancy

mec4's review against another edition

dark tense 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

1.75

This book was a regret for me. Lets go over some of the isses I found within this book. Fiest, I listened to it as an audiobook and it felt like such a slow, annoying burn. It wasnt the good kind of plot prolonging, it felt like a bad date that never ended, but i hoped it would get better. Apparently, I should have looked at the reviews first, because it was so annoying to listen to how "beautiful" the main character was, like she somehow was only defined by her beauty, and the plot had SO much potential but was so poorly executed I will likely never read another one of Mary Kubicas books again. The writing style was annoying, and I dont know if its because i was listening to it, it because I just dont like the style. It was overall pretty disappointing as far as peaks and climaxes of plots go. Genuinely felt like a waste of time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence

brookey8888'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

3.0

I mean this was fine. It was kind of slow and boring. Most of it I did see coming except one thing, but at that point I was just like whatever about the story. I also hate how we can’t have just a happy couple to be honest like the affair did not even make sense. Honestly I would probably skip this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Vomit, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

brynhayes's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Stalking, Blood, Alcohol, and Cancer

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Infidelity, Gun violence, Violence, Toxic friendship, Infertility, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Classism, and Death

Minor: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

ramintah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Blood

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

challenging informative 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? It's complicated

3.5

I was really excited to read this when I hear it came out. I completely adored "Local Woman Missing" by this author so I was really ecstatic about her new release. Sadly, this book fell short for me. I wasn't on the edge of my seat at all for the plot.

They already set up the fact that Lily killed Jake so there was no mystery element to this book until towards the end when he find out that he was killed by a gun.

. The ending was pretty abrupt too. And some parts were left for inference when we could've just been told what happened. It didn't need to be as ambiguous as it was. Also didn't find the "twist" all that exciting or surprising either. It was one of my predictions. I remember reading a similar twist in one of Alice Feeny's books. Nothing came as a surprised to me which was similar to when I was reading "Local Woman Missing". However with that book I felt like there were more twists and turns and emotions involved which is why I loved it because although it was simple crazy things still happened and I really felt for the characters. I just didn't really feel connected to the characters in this one. Although this book was a letdown it wasn't terrible by any means. It was a decent book but I'd categorize as more of a mystery than a thriller because I didn't really find anything "thrilling" about this book. Oh and also the prologue is so useless. Like it literally had nothing to do with the book. I had an okay time but it's not something I'd ever pick back up again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Infertility, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

hermithebs's review against another edition

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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Blood and Sexual assault

Minor: Infidelity, Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, and Stalking

cassidy_rain's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

I really liked this! I think the multiple perspectives was done really well. I totally loved seeing how the different characters interpreted the same situations based on the context they had. (I.E.

Nina thinking Lily is acting strange due to her pregnancy, not the fact that she may have killed her husband

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I was definitely tense and anxious as I was reading the story unfold! It was hard for me to put this down. The twist was a little bit different and interesting and it definitely did not cross my mind for one second before it was revealed. The ending did feel a little bit rushed and left some unanswered questions.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Gore, and Murder