Reviews tagging 'Death'

The No-Show by Beth O'Leary

280 reviews

thebankofbooks's review

emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Self harm, Car accident, Death, Dementia, Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

billyshipton's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Dementia, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Stalking, and Self harm

annie2000's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

literarylily's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Death

Moderate: Self harm, Dementia, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

tori_poitras's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Car accident, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Dementia

Minor: Infidelity and Miscarriage

graceybookster's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

🎧 Listened via audiobook 🎧 

This is the second book I’ve read by Beth O’Leary and  WOW WOW WOW! 

What a clever clever story!! It’s funny because as I was listening to this, even though we were being pulled along the story in a certain way, I never quite hated Joseph. I always felt there was a kindness and sincerity about him (possibly due to the talented actors who read this audiobook) and with that niggling feeling, I couldn’t quite understand why such a seemingly nice guy would cheat on 3 women at the same time! Were we being duped along with these ladies or was there more to it? What was his reasoning? Was he trying to decide who to choose or was he just a complete arsehole? I just HAD to find out. The intrigue had me hooked!

WELL….just as you think it’s going to hit the fan, this story transforms and suddenly things make perfect sense! It’s so difficult not to give things away so if any friends see this review, PLEASE READ THIS SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT HAHA! 

I really loved this book and it’s probably one of my favourite’s now.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Self harm, Death, and Dementia

Minor: Miscarriage, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Cancer

daisyophelia's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-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

4.25

Definitely not what I was expecting from the blurb. I spent most of the book weary of the main love interest, so when the book changed its tone about 3/4 in I did struggle to retract my initial feelings towards him. We got there eventually though. Not as good as the switch but better than the road trip in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Sexual harassment

amgarrido's review against another edition

funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death

fictionalcass's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

This book…wow. I have read two other books by this author, one I loved and one I didn’t like much, but this one takes the cake. It was truly beautiful and I thoroughly enjoyed it and the experience of listening to the audiobook was especially enjoyable. The narrators were incredible, and the last chapter switch up in POV had me extremely unwell in the best way. 

Featuring three very different women, all facing three different realities as they grapple with their feelings for one particular man, the way this book begins is on the funny side. As you get to know each of the characters and begin to understand what’s going on and what has happened, it becomes clear what is going to happen, but that sense of knowing did not take away from the story at all. If anything, it makes it that much better when you experience the emotion of the back third of the book when the pieces begin to come together. 

The way that each of the three narratives were woven together was spectacularly done, and even the frustrating moments played such an important role for the development of each character. I really enjoyed the depth that we got with each character and the exploration of challenging topics such as grief, miscarriage, sexual harassment, and mental health were handled quite well throughout the book. I hadn’t checked the warnings beforehand, so I was surprised by some of them but I was invested in how each of them were handled for the respective characters. 

I wouldn’t have thought so from the beginning, but this was definitely a 5⭐️ read for me, and I’m so glad to have given it a fair chance after not enjoying The Road Trip. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual harassment, and Miscarriage

zoebill96's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Death, and Car accident

Moderate: Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Stalking, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders