Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose

25 reviews

brianna97's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

I just….. wow. I really didn’t see that coming. and I DEFINITELY didn’t see the second hidden little jab coming either. This was an emotional rollercoaster of a book but it kept me on my toes!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Murder, Drug use, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Death, and Confinement

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

kaylalynn's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

I have very mixed feelings about this book, at first, I was enjoying the book but as it went on it become very all over the place and things didn't add up. For example

when they get the interview with Kelly's stalker Jesse when he mentions seeing her with a cop the cop explains it away as oh it's her husband, he's a cop but in my head if he's a stalker he would know if he was her husband or not just another cop and they don't look into it anymore cop or anyone else in the investigation and that annoyed the hell out of me. Obviously, I know it was done on kind on purpose since they didn't want him to get off anyways but little things like this annoying throughout the book.

The book just turned into a shit storm at the end, and it wasn't a great one it just more made me pissed more than anything and felt like a waste of time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Infidelity, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Stalking

Minor: Confinement, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Vomit

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

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

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, Vomit, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, and Stalking

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

kelisabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, and Sexual content