Reviews tagging 'Rape'

A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight

23 reviews

rebleejen's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This took some turns. One of the twists I saw coming a mile away, and I wasn't too thrilled with it because it's a plot device that's been used in two other books I've read recently (but that's not the fault of the author, I guess), but overall it was a good read and I did not predict the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Child abuse

hmetwade's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Stalking, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Incest, Rape, Child abuse, Infidelity, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

rowanbg's review

mysterious medium-paced

2.75

If your book is going to switch between first and third person, the story itself has to justify that decision, and this did not

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Incest, Murder, Car accident, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Cancer, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Death of parent

chestylarue's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

I couldn’t bring myself to like a single character in this book. I only finished it because my curiosity wouldn’t let me not find out what happened. The plot was quite interesting but the characters were totally unlikeable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Stalking, Rape, Murder, and Mental illness

sarahweyand's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

I read this book for part of a book club and probably wouldn't have picked it up otherwise, but it wasn't too bad. I think the biggest drawback I have with the domestic thriller / crime thriller genre is that they tend to all blend together pretty quickly. I don't remember a bunch about this plot, but I will say that I enjoyed the audiobook narration.

I was intrigued and the book kept me on edge and wanting to know what's next pretty consistently, but I felt disappointed at all the loose threads and red herrings that were almost more interesting than the plot we ended up with. The premise was interesting, but I would have almost rather had this be a contemporary or literary fiction that delved more into some of those B plots.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

peachani'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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Stalking, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer, Classism, Rape, and Mental illness

Minor: Chronic illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, Incest, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

frogggirl2's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This is a very middling, generic sort of thriller.  It's serviceable - it doesn't fail at anything particularly - it's just formulaic and it's easy to foresee the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Alcoholism, Rape, Stalking, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, and Pedophilia

Minor: Infertility

goodaim's review

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

xlivinglikejen's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

This book was so intense and every time I thought I found out “whodunnit” but I was wrong every time (which makes for a fun reading experience). I really enjoyed the legal transcripts separating the chapters, which always added more clues to the investigation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Murder, and Rape

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Alcoholism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Car accident, Stalking, Child abuse, Rape, and Infertility

Minor: Cancer