Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

His & Hers by Alice Feeney

34 reviews

tenshiwing07's review against another edition

Some of the things in this book were sickening. I really wish the book had killed off more characters than it did, honestly (a lot of male characters that were happy to take advantage of young girls, mainly.) A lot of it was disturbing for so, so many reasons, and not in a good way. In a large way, everyone in the book is a villain in some form. You're not sad when any of them die other than the last two. To a point, the real villains are oddly so villainous they aren't even believable. (Like the fur coat thing was Cruella level)

I did guess who the killer was almost the first time meeting them. I kept suspecting it at certain points but the book kept me second guessing myself until the end. Did it surprise me? Yes. Did I think it was believable... ish. Did I like 90% of what happened in the book? No. Did I like the mystery? I'm honestly not sure since I like to be surprised but I'm not sure I liked these surprises. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal cruelty and Child death

jennnay's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, and Sexual violence

readrienne's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, Dementia, Blood, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Animal death, and Adult/minor relationship

ktalbano's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

okay i thought i had it all figured out… i was mostly wrong lol 
but seriously couldn’t stop thinking about this book while i was doing literally anything else. and i really thought i had it down!! to be fair to me i was definitely connecting some dots but the dots that needed to be connected were completely different lol 
in my opinion, i don’t feel like we were given enough evidence to figure out who the correct killer was, especially since a lot of the damning proofs came towards the very end of the story.
anyways loved it love a mystery always

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Child death, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Rape, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Violence, and Alcoholism

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

faw44's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Adult/minor relationship

labraitz94's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This one just kept me on the edge of my seat, and it creeped me out real bad. Did not see the end coming, and I was really wondering until the last second who I should feel most afraid of. Alice Feeney writes good shit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Bullying, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape, Animal death, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Dementia, Sexual assault, Self harm, Stalking, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content, Pregnancy, Gore, Gun violence, and Emotional abuse

screechie's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Listened to the audiobook on the 1.5 speed setting in 2 chunks. The main plot “twist” wasn’t a surprise at all but there are a few smaller turns that were and a couple of moments that do make you doubt your pattern recognition. Engrossing for an afternoon or two but I am glad I sped it up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Death, Dementia, Rape, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide attempt

cameronbeth's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Rape, Bullying, Death, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness