Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Gone Tonight: A Novel by Sarah Pekkanen

5 reviews

allisonplus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Dementia, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

katyannreads's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism and Pregnancy

bekah1210's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Dementia, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

pomoevareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Twenty-four year old Catherine Sterling has only known life with an overprotective mother. They don’t have any other family and share an apartment and car and each other’s phone locations. They have moved several times but this will be the first time that they will live separately as Catherine has taken a job as a nurse at a hospital in another city. All that is threatened when Catherine starts noticing some strange behaviours from her mother that may result in Catherine not taking her new job. From Ruth’s perspective, she will do anything to protect her daughter including keeping her as close as possible. Ruth has secrets that are threatening to cause harm to her and Catherine and decides to keep a journal to pass on to her daughter, should anything go awry. 

As a fan of short chapters, mother/daughter stories and alternating POVs, I was hooked. I binged the last 50% of this book and loved all the crumbs dropped along the way. It was a slower burn for the first half and I have read comments from reviewers saying this wasn’t for them but I didn’t mind it one bit. I was invested in the storyline, the deception and discoveries, the suspenseful jaw drop moments and in the journal entries.

I was in the mood to read escapism and didn’t care about believability. So if you don’t mind suspending belief and are looking for a story to keep you on your toes, then pick up Gone Tonight by @sarahpekkanen when it comes out August 1st.

Thank you to @netgalley and @stmartinspress for an ARC in exchange for my honest opinions. 

As always, potential triggers will be shared to my StoryGraph review (also Pomoevareads)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty and Dementia

booked_with_meg's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Murder