Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins

8 reviews

aisclaradm's review

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A really good thriller that had me trying to piece information together right from the very beginning. It was so fun to read a book with such unreliable narrators, because it allowed you to come up with so many different theories. Ultimately, everything tied up really well and I found the plotline and reveals made a lot of sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Alcoholism, Blood, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Addiction, Child death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Violence, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Abandonment, Fatphobia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

Minor: Drug use, Car accident, Drug abuse, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

chamaeleontis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Stalking, Alcohol, Drug use, Infertility, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

sarahbethhh'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Fatphobia, Abortion, and Body shaming

ro_lux's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Murder, and Infidelity

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, and Infertility

ellab3r's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Alcohol, and Murder

Moderate: Murder, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion, Infertility, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship

nehaslibrary's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

This book took me on a journey! It was fascinating the whole way through. I love how effortless it felt to read and understand, how the events unfolded and were narrated by the three females' whose perspectives we view them from. I love how it shows how different things seem to others. I also find it amazing how they meshes together, and how the true events are revealed piece by piece.

Spoiler

I do wish, however, that we found out what happened to Scott and Kamal at the end, as the only thing that we are told is that the houses are left empty and we never hear of Kamal after his and Megan's last meeting, where she told him that she was going to tell Tom about the baby. I think it was okay to leave it out, but it would've provided a bit of closure and stopped the reader from wondering what happened to them, as well as Anna, Evie, and other characters, however, I think this is just a personal preference of mine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Murder, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Blood, Grief, Death, Stalking, Violence, Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, and Racism

natreadstheworld's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

Rachel is adrift in a life that feels meaningless, her days marked only by her routine commute on the train, passing the same stretch of housing that represents both her dreams and her sorrows. Everything changes when she is witness to something she wasn't supposed to see, and becomes drawn into the tangled lives of strangers. Set in the UK, the book is a puzzle defined by an otherwise mundane trip on the train.

This book was intriguing from the moment I opened the page - I can see why it became a bestseller. From start to finish, the story carries an even level of tension, as opposed to a roller coaster ride you find in some books. Generally, I can figure out the mystery/spoiler early on in a lot of books, just by connecting the dots. This one, though, keeps that mystery just around the corner, always on the next age, dangling like a carrot.

Spoiler

Part of the success of that ongoing mystery comes from the fact that Rachel doesn't even remember what happened on that night around which the plot centers. Not only can she not remember, but the shattered pieces of her own life, combined with the troubling clues that do remain, make it impossible for her to completely write off her own role in the events of that night.

Even when I can figure out part of the mystery, there's just enough intrigue to keep me second-guessing, or to be uncertain about the other half of the story. The book is somewhat slow-paced, but the tension makes up for it, so that it doesn't ever feel like a drag. To top it off, that twist at the end - I never saw THAT coming!

I don't think I'll read this one again, but only because it isn't my style. But if you like intrigue and a reflective, pondering style of writing, this might be the book for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, and Infidelity

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Child death

innastholiel's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Vomit