Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose

13 reviews

laurak483's review

dark mysterious 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

1.5

Picked up this book because it was on Kindle Unlimited and I enjoyed the authors Tiktok account. But oh man was this a hot mess of a book. Only reason I didn’t DNF was I wanted to know who the killer was and WOW was that ending unsatisfying and way out of left field. Not a single character had any redeeming qualities or a single shred of my sympathy or respect left by the end. Not to mention just how entirely unrealistic or feasible this entire investigation and scenario was from a legal standpoint. We also had some very poor references/depictions of assault and police brutality. I reserve one star reviews for books I DNF but honestly I am tempted to break my rule for this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Murder, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Alcohol

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

leoi'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? Yes

3.75

just so messed up.

and calling the kid summer???

yeah uh adam was one of the most irritating characters i've read in a while - just so annoying. and stupid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, and Addiction

amberjackonski's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Murder

Moderate: Rape

jaydub0221'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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Police brutality

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Drug abuse, Cursing, and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility, Pregnancy, Addiction, Miscarriage, Grief, Stalking, Rape, and Suicide

cowman's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Gore, Blood, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Rape

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

3.5 rating solely because of the ending! One thing I hate about books is when you’re reading from the 1st person perspective, like from the characters thoughts, and their thoughts don’t end up matching the plot. Super early on I assumed Sarah was the killer and planned this all to get back at him, but after reading all her genuine reactions of concern and fear and unbelief that Adam could do this, I was like “okay not her I guess” but the last 30 pages it’s like just kidding! If that was her plan the whole time wouldn’t her thoughts be about that? I know the book wouldn’t have been the same if we had Sarah’s real thoughts, but this book was so hyped up for me I was expecting something crazy and was a bit disappointed. I did enjoy the writing a lot though and it had me glued to the book so even though I’m complaining it actually wasn’t bad

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Police brutality, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Stalking, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Rape, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Cursing, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Violence

caffeinated_teacher's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Rape

ashlieed's review against another edition

mysterious 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? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Infidelity

thatswhatshanread's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

How in the world was this a debut novel?!! I AM BEYOND IMPRESSED.

This is one of the best domestic thrillers I’ve read in a long time, and I think one of the best, period. I read it all in nearly one sitting. The pacing of the story just increased with every chapter, and the dual POVs between Sarah, the renowned attorney, and her husband Adam, accused of murdering his mistress, made for the utmost suspense and scandal. Seriously, the writing in this book was incredible. I could barely put the book down to eat, though I definitely had moments of pause just trying to wrap my head around everything going on with this case. 

Ugh, it was perfect! It’ll keep you guessing and piecing things together the whole way through as if you’re a part of the trial yourself. Highly, highly recommend this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Cursing, Sexual content, Stalking, Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Grief, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Police brutality