Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

17 reviews

ausrine_sunrise's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

butilikeit'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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

cfarron's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

I was not expecting the ending at all!!

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cheryl1213's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

Meh. I didn't feel very compelled to figure out the answers or really connected to the characters. Not bad per se, but just not much that drew me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

jessiv14's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

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

I have to give this book credit where it is do, I definitely did not know what was going to happen next up until the final page. There were some minor typos I caught that broke me out of the story from time to time. Additionally, the story stuttered in a few places and I feel like it could have benefitted from one last clean up of some extraneous scenes. I did find it to be an engaging and entertaining read, and Fisher did a great job building the mystery. Definitely worth a try if you think it's up your alley. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Self harm, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Vomit

lschuchman's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Infidelity, and Alcohol

becca_w_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Murder

lindseyrenee's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

While this was a page turner, I didn’t love it. The characters didn’t feel like they had any depth to them whatsoever. Each was described physically and given a profession, but that’s as far as it went. From the beginning there were unbelievable parts, mainly that someone would enter into a plural marriage and agree from day one to ask zero questions and be just okay with being kept a complete secret.

I also really didn’t love the idea of the twist only being mental illness and her ending up giving into the “crazy” by attacking Regina

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, and Alcohol