Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw

21 reviews

kristie_deaver's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I could not put this book down. I loved the mystery slowly unfolding, yet the book never feeling slow. My only confusion was timeline. There where times when I felt confused about when we were with Calla, Theo and Bee. Overall, I would have loved to see more diversity called into the book. This story is a chilling tale that will take you into the world of Pastoral; the only way out is through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy, Blood, Infidelity, and Gun violence

booknerdxo88's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Infidelity

ehm's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Suicide

brittishliterature's review

dark emotional mysterious relaxing tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Wow, this book wasn't quite what I expected and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was hesitant to read it, but I'd seen good reviews and wanted to branch out a bit from my usual genres. This was an atmospheric, emotional, reflective, slow-paced thriller set in a rural/forest landscape. At first, I was worried it might get too creepy/disturbing for me, but it never did and I liked that (I'm not much for media that leaves me scared to be home alone at night in the dark or constantly thinking someone's gonna be in my house to murder me lol).

It was dark and twisty with a touch of magical realism and beautiful imagery. I thought some of the plot twists were more clarifying than shocking but still very good. I enjoyed the flow of the narrative and where the journey took me as a reader from beginning to end. I definitely would recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Infidelity, and Medical content

Minor: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Suicide

kenzieb1's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Confinement

Moderate: Murder and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy, Gun violence, Murder, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

dalmavatai's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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

3.0

This book... was a mixed bag. I loved the mystery: the books about Eloise, the charms on the necklace, the diaries, the setup was all so creative and gripping that I couldn't wait to find out what was going on. And I will say that I really liked the twists, I thought they were very satisfying and well done. For the mystery and the twists alone I do think this book was worth reading.

However, I just thought that the characters were quite bland and I didn't much care for them, and I didn't care about the nature/commune aspects either. This book kind of made me realize that I don't enjoy reading about a commune because it's just not something that I'm particularly interested in learning about. If it had gone darker I perhaps would have enjoyed it more because I do think I'm interested in reading about cults, but alas I was a bit bored for long stretches of reading this book. It was also too long in my opinion but my lack of enjoyment obviously contributes to me feeling that way. 

An overall meh setting and bland characters with a very gripping mystery and a good payoff - a very mixed bag. 

I will also say that without going into spoilers, I was not a fan of the disability (blind) representation at all, I thought it was a plot point that could've been handled with a lot more care which wouldn't have had the outcome that we ended up getting. It's a bit cheap so maybe look at reviews by blind people to see how they feel about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infidelity and Violence

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Alcoholism

naomidanae's review

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

marinable_books's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

curatedsymposium's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child death, Murder, Torture, Addiction, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts

mikaelaandherbooks's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Wow! I was hooked from the start and not disappointed with the story's journey and ending. It was such a great mystery/thriller focused on a small community that might just be a cult. I really enjoyed and appreciated the multiple perspectives used in telling the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Alcoholism