Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

24 reviews

entommoore's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death and Death

chailady's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I waffled between really liking this book, and absolutely hate. The epilogue was the deciding factor. Time travel is not possible, and I really dislike the “what if” aspect. What if is a guessing game and I don’t like it…in books, in my classroom, or in real life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Medical trauma, Child death, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Death, and Grief

kar5300's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, and Car accident

emrol1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Murder, Infidelity, Child death, and Cursing

nitar8's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Child death, and Murder

analea_lucille's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Car accident, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Sexual content

jj_tj's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Car accident, and Grief

Moderate: Murder

daepyonimst's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Infidelity, Car accident, and Grief

Minor: Chronic illness

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