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His & Hers by Alice Feeney

59 reviews

mik_kass's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

Alice Feeney sure knows how to write a thriller that keeps you guessing to the very last page. I was hooked on this book and it left me breathless a couple times from the intensity of the suspense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Death, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Gore, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Dementia, and Fatphobia

caspore_'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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Murder, Child death, Cancer, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

laurax06's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Dementia, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Child death, and Drug use

staceeyt's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Rape, Child death, Alcohol, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Grief, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Cancer, and Drug use

nessreadsalot's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.0

When a woman is murdered in the sleepy village of Blackdown, newsreader Anna Andrews is on the case. Detective Jack Harper is suspicious that she may be involved and then becomes a suspect himself! We hear the story from his side and her side but who is telling the truth? 

This was a brilliant murder mystery that had me guessing and suspicious of everyone til the very end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Addiction, Car accident, Dementia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Child death, Eating disorder, Murder, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

detailed description of grooming and sexual assault on young teens may be upsetting

ashliej's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, and Child death

Minor: Dementia and Cancer

boba_n_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Holy plot twists, Batman! Good mysteries and thrillers keep you guessing, and that's exactly what Alice Feeney did with His & Hers. 

As the name suggests, we get the both the POV of two people who used to be married: "his" and "hers." He is Jack--a detective who used to live in London but is now working the cases of the small country town he grew up in. She is Anna--a newscaster living in London who was assigned to cover a murder in the small town where her ex-husband is living. Jack and Anna discover that the victim was a woman they went to school with, and they both have a heavy history with her. Over the next few days, more people are murdered, and no one knows who they can trust. 

Every time I thought I had something figured out, I was nowhere near the truth. This is decidedly one of my favorite Alice Feeney books to date and one that I'd recommend to all mystery and thriller lovers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Rape, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Grief, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Cancer and Animal cruelty

jneverland's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Murder, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Violence, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Sexual violence, Cancer, Death, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Grief, Suicide attempt, Blood, Terminal illness, Gore, and Rape

beckyyreadss'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

4.0

I wanted to read this book because I wanted to read more thriller and crime books. This book is all over the book community and it was on Kindle Unlimited so I thought I would give it a go and this book is so screwed.  

This book has two points of view. The first is Anna Andrews, she is a reporter for the BBC, and she is reluctant to cover a case of a murdered woman in Blackdown village. The reason why she’s reluctant – Blackdown village is her hometown, and she doesn’t like to think about her childhood or the fact that it was the last place she saw her daughter before she died.  The second point of view is DCI Jack Harper, he is determined to figure out who murdered this woman especially when his ex-wife is one step ahead of him. Jack is suspicious over her involvement until someone else is murdered and he becomes a suspect in his own murder investigation. Especially when he was sleeping with the first victim. Someone is lying and some secrets are worth killing to keep. But who is lying?  

This book kept you hooked, from the suspense to the twists, I was very nearly breaking my kindle by throwing it across the floor. I loved the split POV between Anna and Jack, it made it more interesting, and the chapters would change POV just as it got to the plot twist. The storyline is intriguing. My favourite chapters are the ones where the penny finally drops which didn’t happen until the very end which drove me a bit nuts – I just wanted to know who was lying. 

I would have loved to see the superintendent a bit more like someone who was like Jack you are nuts and calm down sort of thing, where Jack just went off on his merry way and not following processes. I would have loved for this to have the POV of the victims especially with the killer taunting them with the photos and things, I would have loved their reactions. I still don’t trust Priya and thing something dodgy is going on.  

I will definitely be reading more of Alice Feeney’s work and I would recommend this book to anyone who loves crime and psychological thriller books.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Animal cruelty, Child death, and Dementia

Minor: Domestic abuse

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Physical abuse, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Cancer, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Dementia, Death, Child death, Car accident, and Animal cruelty