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His & Hers by Alice Feeney

19 reviews

chantale's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, Bullying, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Terminal illness

jj_tj's review

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Dementia, Terminal illness, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Bullying, Infidelity, Blood, Animal cruelty, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

emmagf's review

dark mysterious sad 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Death, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Bullying, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Rape, Gun violence, Blood, Addiction, and Body shaming

Moderate: Dementia and Car accident

Minor: Child death, Terminal illness, and Suicidal thoughts

louandlife's review

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

3.75

I picked this book up because of Tik Tok. I'm currently able to read books and I want to keep this momentum up, so I've mainly been reading thrillers and mysteries to keep me engaged. I think this book will always have a special place in my heart because I started in whilst I was on holiday in the UK and then I finished it in Korea.

I liked the experience of reading this book. This book is heavily plot based. The story alternates chapters from Anna, Jack, and the killer. It keeps you on your toes, and I do think there is at least one plot twist that will make you surprised.

I would recommend this book if you like thrillers/mysteries. The characters aren't likable but it is a quick read because you want to know what happens next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Death, Rape, Dementia, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Infidelity

Minor: Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Blood, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt

tuxedocat's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A slow start but wow it was worth it. I didn't see it coming, each chapter spun my whole thought process and I was hooked. 
I really enjoyed how it was written from multiple points of view and how they sometimes overlapped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Stalking, Terminal illness, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Child death, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Rape, Suicide, and Body shaming

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

I really enjoyed reading this book A LOT! I loved the dual POV and the time stamps for each chapter. I also really liked how there were chapters sprinkled in where we didn’t know who’s POV it was, we could only speculate. 

While I liked reading the book, I wasn’t obsessed with the ending. When I was reading I was trying to figure out the big twist, and I feel like my prediction would’ve been a better story line. But I really didn’t see all the smaller tiny twists that seemed to happen each chapter and that’s why I loved reading it! 

This was a really good one by Alice Feeney and she has slayed me once again! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Car accident, Classism, Grief, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Vomit, Gun violence, Death of parent, Dementia, Sexual violence, Animal death, Body shaming, Infidelity, Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Stalking

sizzlesteaks's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Torture, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Violence, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Classism, Death, and Dementia

sugarwookiee's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Child death, Grief, Infidelity, Dementia, and Drug use

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Body shaming

collinsd's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Death, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, Rape, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Stalking, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cancer, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

I have no words, would've given it 5 stars but damn

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the 16th birthday scene in the woods and Zoe's animal cruelty was VILE also I'm sorry but why did Cat have to die?? Like it was just a job Anna could've gotten another one if she was that good at her old one Cat just wanted to go back to work she probably didnt even know Anna was cheating with Richard, her poor daughters :(

there were a lot of twists and turns and while I had the tiniest inkling who the killer was it seemed a bit far-fetched but still kudos to Alice Feeney for writing another engaging book and making me look at every mentioned character with doubt and suspicion.

writtenwordwanderer's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Body horror, Terminal illness, Violence, Bullying, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Blood

Moderate: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Body shaming, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Classism, and Pregnancy

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grooming by a peer

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altzheimers/dementia

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