Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

40 reviews

annamwallace66's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Murder, Dementia, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

ccassidy98's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Torture, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Dementia

hematthews's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Abandonment, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Murder, Confinement, Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Dementia and Domestic abuse

Minor: Pregnancy and Stalking

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Kidnapping

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death of parent, Murder, Stalking, Death, and Dementia

Minor: Infertility, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Grief, and Emotional abuse

alexandramcgrew's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

i did NOT see any of this coming. this was insane. i loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming and Stalking

leos_library's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Violence

Minor: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

christygsp's review against another edition

3.5

Kept me pretty interested. I actually couldn’t stand the suspense on who to trust and who not to so I looked up spoilers around halfway through. 
You basically couldn’t trust ANYONE in this story, and that drove me a little insane. It keeps you on the edge but it’s also maddening to try and connect to anyone. Anyone at all. 
At one point or another I basically hated everyone. It was twisty and maddening, and yet it still had me. It was really well done. The mystery overall was unexpected and great. The documentary elements were fun. Characters were a disaster, but on purpose. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Cursing, Kidnapping, and Death

undercover_booklover's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Body shaming, Cursing, Dementia, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Stalking

emmajh91'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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Physical abuse, Violence, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Dementia, Murder, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

classicallyzo's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

I thought it was paced very well. I wasn't quite sure what exactly the twist was going to be. It's not unique (but rarely are they in this genre), but written well as was the reveal. Bel was insufferable as a character but I came around to her in the last 100 or so pages. All in all I enjoyed the read and was excited to discover what actually happened to Rachel.

One minor complaint - Shelly still felt like a loose end. What happens in a few weeks when she finds Jeff isn't in Canada. She didn't actually do anything and it'd be very difficult to prove she knew about Carter. I felt maybe the character could have been handled differently.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Murder