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The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

8 reviews

heypretty52's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Violence, Suicide, Stalking, and Blood

The grieving of an description of child death is explicit. The miscarriage by another character isn't explicit and is only briefly mentioned.

ajpotz's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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? No

3.0

it was like girlboss ish and then like jonnie basically just eating pierce tf up and then like law of assumption from the author

imagine killing someone bc of a fake story someone told

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Cancer and Abortion

itsheyfay's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Violence, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Addiction, Drug use, Child death, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Miscarriage and Vomit

jpellwood's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Terminal illness

angela_mayer's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Pregnancy, Murder, Suicide, and Child death

Minor: Addiction and Infidelity

pagesofbellerose's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

Disclaimer: I was provided a digital galley via Edelweiss+ for the purpose of review. This does not affect my opinion.​

The Villa is an interesting, engaging thriller. With a dual-POV and timeline, there is intrigue and wonder between each line.

Rating: Starred

Check out my full review on my blog Belle's Archive now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Grief, and Addiction

Minor: Vomit

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Addiction, Gore, Drug use, Violence, Alcohol, Infidelity, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

sleeson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Yay! Rachel Hawkins is back. Usually when I read a novel that has past and present timelines, I enjoy one timeline far more than the other. With this novel, I found myself happy with both. I felt this leaned more on the mystery side than her usual genre of thriller.
Both of the main characters, Mari and Emily, are equally brilliant. There is moderate sexual content. Moderate mention of recreational drugs. Side note: The transcript of the true crime podcast is hilariously accurate. Hawkins was spot on with the tone for podcast listeners. Millennials behind the microphone all day. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Child death, Grief, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity