Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle

17 reviews

rockyc5's review

dark 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? Yes

4.0

Great ride. Really enjoyed!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Infertility

Minor: Gun violence, Fatphobia, and Transphobia

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was fine. It's a major pet peeve of mine for a book to keep referencing something over and over and not reveal it for hundreds of pages. Like WE GET IT. YOU ARE NOT TELLING US THE IDENTITY OF YOUR HUSBAND. And then I was really not into the weird transphobic-seeming way that the MC was trying to "detect" that the woman running the boarding house was possibly trans. And then I thought it was lazy writing for the Bad Guy to misgender her. Like, think of another way for him to be shitty. Also, the narration of the Latina character that the book said had a really heavy accent was just not at ALL the correct accent. If the author is going to throw in a Latina character, it feels natural to then ensure that your narrator can do the accent that you wrote? Everyone kind of sucked in this book. Probably won't read this author again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol, Stalking, Bullying, Religious bigotry, and Fatphobia

enzopudge's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Transphobia, Stalking, and Misogyny

Moderate: Miscarriage, Infidelity, Infertility, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

khowey's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

ajcirca93's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

miranda226's review against another edition

3.5

Decent read, very fast paced and easy to get through. Knew the story it wanted to tell and did it in an engaging way. Great little quick thriller/mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Transphobia

brit7930's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Murder, Infidelity, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Infertility

Minor: Transphobia

kruda's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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: Murder, Domestic abuse, and Violence

emmasbookishself's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The plot twist at the end got me! 

POSSIBLE SPOILERS SO DO NOT KEEP READING

A suspenseful domestic thriller that is so intricately intertwined you won’t know it until the very end. Multiple POV’s keeps you in the know, except there’s one POV you don’t realize you’ve been missing. 

A woman plans her escape from her abusive husband. 

Sabine is deemed missing after her husband returns home from a work trip, and she never arrives. Beth is on the run, covering her tracks because she knows her husband will kill her. Where is Sabine? Who is Beth? Are these women tied to each other? 

Jeffery is the lead suspect in Sabine’s disappearance. Especially after texts confirm that he has previously abused her. To protect himself he reveals that in the past Sabine has ran away, and that perhaps this is an affect of her mental health. 

Marcus, the lead detective takes this information and runs with it, because he’s all too familiar with this scenario. 

When Sabine turns up dead in the river, you would think that would be the end, but you realize that the search never really was for Sabine…. Only one can be in control and this time Beth is ready.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

bittersweey's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

The book was only ok in my opinion. The story is fun and I enjoyed the few different point of views. The plot twist was fun and somewhat unexpected. I enjoyed this. This book was perhaps too slow for me and, therefore, I did not feel pulled towards continuing it. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse and Murder