Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

33 reviews

kaylinvm94's review against another edition

emotional

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, and Fatphobia

holly_ferris21's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

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.

pookiee's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

interesting premise but ended up frustrating and insufferable to read, and it took her way too long just to open the freaking letter

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Infertility, Child death, Murder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Car accident and Alcohol

Minor: Dementia, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, and Racism

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

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

sea_tea_books's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

2.0

This was a challenge for me to read, though I expect that was the author's intent considering the topic of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

olivia_goode's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Interesting read. I enjoyed the ending and didn’t really see it coming. I like the exploration of the different layers of relationships and I like the idea of considering all the different courses our lives could take. 

I like that it was revealed that Janie had a disease. It makes it easier to absolve John-Paul and think that it was a mistake. A terrible one, but it adds a layer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Child death

pyourch's review against another edition

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

astereads's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-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

1.75

once again, i know it's like a default setting for adult thriller books to have awful characters, but goDddd this is the worst.

the parents are awful so it's no wonder their children did exactly the same thing as them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Child death

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Suicide attempt