Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose

24 reviews

kimberleysreading's review

adventurous 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Alcohol, Grief, Child abuse, Stalking, Sexual content, Cursing, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy and Rape

josiejeror's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.0

Not at all accurate to actual law/true crime but overall an exciting read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Police brutality, Suicide, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual violence, Stalking, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

allipie's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Emotional abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Drug use, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Violence, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Pregnancy, Death, and Cursing

mikaylamills's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

5.0

I absolutely loved this book! So many possibilities for the culprit and a great way to wrap it up. "Who was it??" left my mouth multiple times up until the end. This book had me hooked right from the beginning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Infidelity, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

Minor: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Death of parent

kyrstin_p1989's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

Oh boy. I did not see that coming. One of the better thriller/murder mysteries I’ve read in awhile. The twist was WILD although in hindsight I shouldn’t have been too shocked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual violence, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Police brutality, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, and Toxic relationship

honeywine's review against another edition

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Death, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Infidelity, and Death of parent

criticalmiss's review

dark emotional tense medium-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

3.0

While I was invested and needed to find out what happened, I was puzzled by the choices and actions of some of the characters. 
The mother in law was an exceptional character worth hating, she was awful. 
This is a fast read and while I did not guess exactly how it would turn out, I do feel like there were 2 or 3 twists too many in the end. 
TW: death, murder, aggressive sex, police brutality, infidelity

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Addiction, Blood, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Drug use, Murder, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy

a_libra_library's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Blood, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Gaslighting

jaylee_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Blood, Murder, Domestic abuse, Death, Violence, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Addiction

javafenn's review against another edition

dark 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

0.25

I finished this book fairly quickly because I just wanted to be done with it. It’s probably one of the worst books I’ve ever read. So many people loved it and several people recommended it to me but it took maybe 2 chapters before I wanted to google the ending and be done with it. The husband and wife are unreliable narrators and it was pretty easy to figure out what was going on. There were no likable characters and the husband’s entitlement was exhausting. I hated listening to his parts. The final chapter tried so hard to be Gone Girl but failed miserably. Sarah is no Amy. Not even close. This story of betrayal and revenge goes too far and is too unbelievable for it to be any good. The part that really got me was identifying the murder victim was pregnant and, at 4 weeks along, they extracted DNA from the fetus to determine its paternity. That killed the book for me. I wish I hadn’t read it and I’m disappointed I spent a week on it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Sexual content, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Grief