Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

7 reviews

cassienolan's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This was my first Liane Moriarty read, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I found it a slow-medium read but it had me challenging my moral compass at various intervals throughout the read. I found myself really connecting to the characters and trying to put myself in their shoes. The ending left me thinking deeply about life, but in a happy, content way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Medical trauma, Murder, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

carlaabra's review against another edition

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

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 against another edition

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

iridestiny's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Grief, Death, Child death, Body shaming, and Medical trauma

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

izwit's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Grief, Fatphobia, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

thatcarrotgirl's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence