Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose

7 reviews

julieslifelately_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Stalking, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

kzweig13's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Both characters pov. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, and Murder

javafenn's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

0.25

I finished this book fairly quickly because I just wanted to be done with it. It’s probably one of the worst books I’ve ever read. So many people loved it and several people recommended it to me but it took maybe 2 chapters before I wanted to google the ending and be done with it. The husband and wife are unreliable narrators and it was pretty easy to figure out what was going on. There were no likable characters and the husband’s entitlement was exhausting. I hated listening to his parts. The final chapter tried so hard to be Gone Girl but failed miserably. Sarah is no Amy. Not even close. This story of betrayal and revenge goes too far and is too unbelievable for it to be any good. The part that really got me was identifying the murder victim was pregnant and, at 4 weeks along, they extracted DNA from the fetus to determine its paternity. That killed the book for me. I wish I hadn’t read it and I’m disappointed I spent a week on it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Sexual content, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Grief

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Police procedures weren't accurate, but this is a novel... Nothing has to be spot on. I found it to be entertaining and couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Police brutality, Sexual content, Classism, Grief, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Body horror, Vomit, Addiction, Death of parent, and Stalking

cowman's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Gore, Blood, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Rape

coco78337's review

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Murder, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Gaslighting, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence, Stalking, Pregnancy, Blood, Violence, Bullying, Body horror, Body shaming, and Child abuse

giselle_540's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The ending shocked me, I didn't see it coming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Grief

Minor: Blood and Body horror