Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

99 reviews

missblissreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, and Emotional abuse

banrions's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Well holy shit.

It’s nearly 3:30am and I should def be asleep, but I just plowed through this in (nearly) one sitting. I started it a bit a few days ago but today I picked it up and then didn’t put it back down a few hours ago. I loved so much about this. I hated so much about this. It made me furious at times. I love that it exists. I cannot believe that the author packed so much into this book. I read one of their other books Magic For Liars and remember really enjoying myself for the most part and I loved this one too.

The main character, Evelyn, is hard to like at times, but I always felt for her and wanted things to work out. The relationship between her and Martine was my favorite thing about the book. Some of the prose and the way this dealt with abuse, identity, what we owe each other gosh it was all so good.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Violence

fesja_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Abortion

simonamiller's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.25

This was so gripping! I can’t tell if I actually liked any of the characters by the end but I absolutely could not put this book down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse

luckykosmos's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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? Yes

4.75

This is a story about clones and murder and covering up your tracks, but it's also a story about learning to find who you are after abuse and regaining your agency after being denied personhood in the most literal sense. Sarah Gailey did it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Minor: Abortion

urs's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Suicide

Minor: Murder and Pregnancy

le3713's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Medical content

annir's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Gore

Minor: Suicide, Miscarriage, Medical content, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Confinement

oolymee'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

reading_between_the_trees's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

This is a perfect read for spooky season. It is unnerving in the same way as a black mirror episode, but if you were way more invested in the characters and their decisions. It's a blend of sci-fi and thriller, without diving too deep into either genre. Instead, it stays rooted in a really interesting discussion of the malleability of self and who you are in the context of a relationship. The writing style felt very similar to Gailey's other book, Magic for Liars, so I would say if you liked that one, you will probably like this one as well. However, this one felt better paced to me and is definitely more thriller than mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Suicidal thoughts