Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Husband's Secret, by Liane Moriarty

15 reviews

carlaabra's review

emotional funny reflective 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

3.0

This is a rare case where I loved the writing (cutting and sarcastic with a shrewd eye for suburban hypocrisy) but disliked the plot. About halfway through, the plot really started to lag. The plot with Cecilia/Rachel seemed to dominate over the Tess portion, especially towards the end. 

Overall the book explores how we keep secrets from our closest friends and family, and the bitter consequences of guilt and shame. Can you ever truly know someone else? What happens when your morality is put to the test, especially when your family is on the line? The plot lives in moral greyness. The characters are human and, imo, not very good people but trying their best, mostly. My one critique is that they could be stunningly ignorant to their own feelings and those around them- so many immature forty-somethings. However this is true to life. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, Child death, and Infidelity

Minor: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

Violence is

Spoiler

murder. It’s not told in terrible detail though and is a past event. A lot of the drama in the second half revolves around this.

hkantola11's review

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content

danajoy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Car accident, and Medical content

Moderate: Vomit, Child death, Death, and Alcohol

mdeck24's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Death, Infidelity, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

cheekypearson's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Infidelity, Grief, and Car accident

pyourch's review

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book. I flew through it due to the suspense, the drama, the build up. truly a page turner. short, digestible chapters that flip between multiple characters / situations. Easy to read but a lot to take away as well. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys multiple POVs, mystery and drama. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, and Grief

didireadthat's review against another edition

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

3.0

I liked the plot twist and most of the different POVs because I like the trope and seeing how they all intertwine at the end. However I didn’t really see how Tess’ story related the the main plot of the book other than she knew the other characters and moved to the same city. Yes it was interesting, but I think it should have been told by Connor since he had a stronger connection to main plot. I liked the afterword because gave the book a nice complete ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Infidelity

singalana's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Vomit, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

sophia2203's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

An intricate story about “how far would you go for the ones you love”; would you lie? kill? hide/tell the truth? And the consequences of those decisions, in addition to what-if scenarios.
I caught myself imagining what I would do if I was in the character’s places.
This was my first Liane Moriarty book and won’t be my last!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, Car accident, and Infidelity

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

ems_rxlibrary's review

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing and Body shaming

Minor: Sexual content