Reviews tagging 'Death'

Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders

23 reviews

heather_harrison's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

xiacatt's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

So many questions. All answered. Multiple plot twists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Cancer

ghi's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Child abuse, Suicide, Murder, Death, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Gun violence

Minor: Animal cruelty

lizziaha's review against another edition

1.5

As a disclaimer, I probably would’ve DNFed this book if I hadn’t been reading it for a book club. It really wasn’t for me. 
The characters were insufferable, and every move being made by the author was very transparent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

willow2342's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Child death, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Grief, Pregnancy, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

whitneyfoster's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

The characters were not likeable, not even the main character, but I’d still give it 5 stars because of the emotional roller coaster ride! I love how the pacing was faster and didn’t take too long to establish the characters and get into the meat of the story. If someone asks me what a psychological thriller is, I’d recommend this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Gaslighting, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Stalking, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy

kind of a cliffhanger ending, would like a sequel

pernillelsk's review against another edition

slow-paced

1.0

I almost never rate a book only 1 stars or below, but there was just no way that I could rate "Don't Let Her Stay" any higher. 

I listened to the audio book of this. The writing itself was fine, and so was the narration, but unfortunately, none of that helped salvage it. 

The story was terribly boring and ridiculous. I didn't like any of the characters. All of them were almost nothing but comical caricatures. They were either unbelievably dumb, naïve, and apologetic idiots, or righteous, gaslighting assholes. The only likeable character was the dog. And perhaps sometimes the baby.

No matter how much I sped it up the pace of the audio of this book, I couldn't get properly through the story. About halfway through, I couldn't take it anymore, so I skipped a few chapters forwards every few minutes in the hopes that I would eventually get to something interesting - but the story was so slow and repetitive that I could hardly even tell that I'd skipped anything until I was close to the end. The ending was unnecessarily ridiculous and twisty, but all in all not very surprising or interesting.

Thrillers are usually my jam, and based on the description, I figured that this book would be right up my alley, but no matter what I did, I just could not get through it in the proper way. It was just too boring, too annoying, and too ridiculous. Just skip this one and go find an actually interesting thriller - there are so many out there much better than this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Death, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Moderate: Classism

jasminehazel's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Death of parent, and Murder

ktreml06's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I read this book in one day because I simply could not put it down! From the very first page I was intrigued and on edge. The author did an amazing job of immersing you in the story— I felt the anxiety, fear and suspense that the main character felt the entire time! In the first half I felt frustrated with the characters and how predictable it was, but as the story unfolded in the second half I realized I was being tricked just the main character. Every time I thought I knew what the truth was, things got flipped upside down and I was questioning everything all over again. 

This truly was a wild ride and I highly recommend you take your blood pressure meds before reading!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Child death, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death

Minor: Grief, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Body shaming, Misogyny, Infidelity, Bullying, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

mnesaw'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Animal death

Minor: Suicide