Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

67 reviews

villenview's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Classism

decafdirtychai's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

 Another painful read about family and the horrors thereof! I think of “The Push” by Ashley Audrain. Incredible job of capturing the inherent exhaustion of being a woman. Almost five stars but not because I had trouble visualizing some scenes and the chapters were super short, like the reading equivalent of ending every sentence with an exclamation point 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

clarklyn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

I happened to read All the Dangerous Things before A Flicker in the Dark and, after finishing this one, I actually prefer her second novel over her debut. 

The MC, Chloe, drove me nuts. The continuous dumb mistakes, self pity, stupid decisions, and the habit of letting men walk all over her. It was hard to be on her side because she frustrated me so much.

Also…WHY the random hookup with Aaron/Tyler? It felt so out of left field and unnecessary

The overuse of similes and metaphors/ general overwriting combined with a few little plot holes that bothered me makes it lose some points for me. 

I will say, though, I still enjoyed the journey to the plot twist (even though I ended up kind of guessing what was going on.) Anytime a book makes me feel vivid emotions, frustration, anticipation, anger, etc, I know it has completely sucked me in- and Flicker In the Dark did that!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Blood, and Stalking

tatjanasbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jjyork's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

Lots of twists and red herrings, but I wanted the main character to be more active in solving the mystery and experience more growth by the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Miscarriage, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

This was enjoyable! I was correct with who I thought did it and felt like it was so obvious. This book just felt so similar and like I’ve read it before. I can’t think of the book, but I read another book with the same plot basically. 
I did not see one thing coming, but I feel like that wasn’t the biggest reveal. This kept me entertained, but it was nothing amazing. The main character was kind of annoying and made stupid decisions. I also didn’t love the ending. 

I think if you’re new to thrillers this one is good, but if you’re read a few or a lot this would be nothing special. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

kailynpaig's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Blood, and Pregnancy

bsesek's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

author2223's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Self harm

thismermaidreads's review against another edition

mysterious sad 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

2.0

This book starts with an unnecessarily triggering description of a mentally unwell teenage girl. I was able to mentally push past that just to get 80% of the way through the book where the main character does something I CAN’T stand in books and find incredibly unethical. So I know for those reasons I can't rate it higher than a 3...it's getting a two because quite frankly there were just too many oh my God I can't trust these people in her life and like i get it, but also like couldn't she have at least ONE person in her life who could be trustworthy? Oh she did...but yeah they weren't actually so this poor girl (woman) left the book with literally no ONE. Had that plot twist 80% of the way through NOT happened and she at least got a HEA I THINK I could have gotten up to a 3.5 4 star.

I just can't with people who use their horrific experiences as a reason to cheat on an otherwise loyal partner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail