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His & Hers by Alice Feeney

10 reviews

brookereneet's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Torture

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

webbhkg's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, Rape, Gore, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Torture, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Car accident, and Animal cruelty

ggrannum's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Rape, Addiction, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Grief, Cancer, and Child death

Minor: Torture

whatiqreads'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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Torture

Minor: Terminal illness, Dementia, and Cancer

nicolettae's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I’ve never been a big thriller gal, but His & Hers was a genuinely entertaining read that kept me on my toes and constantly guessing. It didn’t come off as cliche as the other novels in this genre typically go and I really enjoyed 90% or so of the book. More than anything, I think Feeney deserves a round of applause for her incredible writing - she is immensely talented at writing unreliable narrators and support characters. While I admittedly did guess the big twist, I won’t lie, it absolutely wasn’t the first and only assumption I made. In fact you genuinely felt like everybody in the book could be a suspect. She really did a good job making the reader assume every possible scenario. 

Now for the bad… As I said I enjoyed the first 90% of the book, but the last 10% lost me a bit. I felt it started to get draggy and took too long to get to the point. I also found the big twist and some other factors in the book to have a few plot holes and nonsensical moments that bothered me… it just didn’t add up. Like it just felt a bit unrealistic at times. 

Most importantly regardless of my book rating, if you have any triggers that impact you, I do highly recommend checking the TWs for His & Hers. Some moments really made me feel panicked and freaked out, and I can see it bringing up some dark feelings for certain readers. His & Hers pulls no stops here, something that is equally admirable and dangerous. So tread cautiously, because some scenes made me nauseous and genuinely want to cry tears of panic…and not just from the gore. 

If you are on the hunt for a really dark, very f**ked up, twisty, gory thriller, you might want to pick up His & Hers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Rape, Dementia, Violence, Murder, Sexual violence, and Torture

leah_obrien's review

dark mysterious tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Murder, Sexual violence, Self harm, Rape, Violence, Torture, and Sexual assault

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Car accident, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Torture, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, and Terminal illness

serendiptii's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Damn, what did I just read? This was a wild ride!
Deducting one star cuz some parts of the book truly disturbed me and I was left feeling uncomfortable for quite a while; it was unsettling. This book should come with all sorts of trigger warnings.

The end at each chapter always kept you guessing; I was suspecting 4 people at the same time and my mind was shuffling between suspecting a different one after every chapter. 
The narrator's POV reveals nothing and keeps you hooked and guessing till the end. I thought it was very well written. 

I saw some of the twists coming but I was not prepared for that last one. I am not the kind of person who will give a fewer stars just because I managed to guess the twists from a mile away. It doesn't mean the writing is suggestive of it, I just suspect everyone and it isn't the author's fault.

Spoiler

I don't know if it was supposed to be a twist cuz who wouldn't figure out that Catherine and Cat Jones are the same person?? I saw that coming as soon as the photograph was mentioned.

Alice Feeney's writing is captivating as usual. Brilliant storytelling and truly the queen of twists.

Also, I can't wait to see how the tv show pans out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Murder, Toxic friendship, Gore, Blood, Bullying, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Torture, Rape, Pedophilia, and Infidelity

Minor: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Grief, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping

eve_leclercracine's review

dark mysterious 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

1.5

I hadn’t heard to much about this book going into it except a few people mentioned it was a “must read”.
I wish I had ignored them. This book had potential because of the very nature his versus her narrative.
Unfortunately the ending was complete garbage and totally unbelievable. All signs point to person “A” for the entire book until the very last second when person “Q” confesses and you’re like…huh?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Rape, Body horror, Death, Grief, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Dementia, Torture, and Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cancer