Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

11 reviews

typedtruths's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

dkamada's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

So many twists and red herrings!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

paigestilwill's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A Slow Fire Burning combines all the things one might love about a murder mystery—suspense, shifting perspectives, red herrings and their explanations. I thought the character development was well done, the plot hummed along but never divulged too much at once. 

The death of Ben and the depiction from Daniel’s perspective was a bit difficult to face, though I venture that was the point. Just a fair warning to any moms of toddlers—you may want to sit this one out. 

My only slight hang up with this one was the build up to Jeremy’s reveal—Miriam’s history was perhaps the most interesting to me—the resolution to which felt deflated and hurried compared to the other storylines that tied things up more assuredly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage

sporemiette's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Fatphobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

meliemelo's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

2.75

 Crime novels aren't known for their boundless optimism, but this one seemed especially bleak. While crafting very nuanced characters, Paula Hawkins did not care for making them likeable with the exception of Irene and, to a point, Laura. The "One who got away" chapters were an interesting enough idea but ended up being a bit repetitive and didn't bring much to the book in the end (and the end of that particular thread had me roll my eyes). Finally, I felt the book lacked tension and purpose beyond the "whodunnit", and even that didn't keep my interest up much.

It's not a bad crime novel, and there were definitely some very good ideas in there, but it definitely doesn't compare to the author's previous works. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent

em_gauts's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest, Infertility, and Infidelity

odrib's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Medical content, and Car accident

ekmoore11's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

shiran_fa's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Grief

laurena's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I’m not sure why everyone thought this was twisty turny. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol