Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

68 reviews

marswritesthings'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Child death and Suicide

staceen's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

It took me a minute to get into the 70s plot, but once I did, I flew through this book. A fun thriller that I thought was really different. I was a little surprised by some of the author's choices, but not mad. 

For example, Matt actually wasn't poisoning Em, Chess was telling the truth about only sleeping with him once, and are we not going to address the fact that Chess stole Em's book and wanted to take credit with her agent? I did love Mari's last secret at the very end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity

novelideea's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Toxic friendship

katiejohns's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Grief

friedfae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

Story was overall pretty enjoyable but certain parts (ending, illness) felt like a copout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, and Gaslighting

katlynnnxo's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

laheath's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.5

I guess I expected a lot more.  The plot was somewhat predictable and once the terrible thing is revealed, the ending was a disappointment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Infidelity

emmonsannae's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. Everything about it worked so well: the setting, the characters, the dual timeline, the sunny horror vibe. The ending was entirely unexpected, which I found delightful and which cast the rest of the book in a very different light. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Murder, and Toxic friendship

bookishchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I liked it at first but after 50%, the "twists" aren't too hard to figure out. There's two timelines in the story, one in the 70s (Mari's POV) and the other in present time (Emily's POV). I didn't care for Em's perspective and found it quite boring, but I loved Mari's story. Would have given this 4 stars if it was more focused on her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use

heypretty52's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, and Pregnancy

The grieving of an description of child death is explicit. The miscarriage by another character isn't explicit and is only briefly mentioned.