Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Whispers by Ashley Audrain

9 reviews

erikagibson126's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Child abuse, Cursing, Medical content, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Blood

spaghettireads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Medical content, Infidelity, Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Cursing, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This was both a good mystery and an excellent look at motherhood through the eyes of four different mothers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Blood, Classism, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Ableism, Cursing, and Infidelity

Minor: Alcohol

fawns's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.0

Unlikeable characters with a trigger warning for practically ever chapter. Writing is fine but this is a traumatic book that I couldn't stop reading. Complicated!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Cursing

kaylameaux's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Infertility, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Blood, and Cursing

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, and Abandonment

jadior's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Toxic relationship

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.75

I’m gonna rate this how I did “The Push”, as I loved it just as much as her debut. The only thing keeping me from 5 stars is the both of them having very quick endings. 

WOW!!! An incredibly fascinating second novel from Ashley Audrain. I was immediately invested in the deep tangle of suburban domesticity between the three families at the helm of this story, and even the fourth family’s insights sprinkled throughout. Audrain commands your attention with every page, every insane detail that feels hot in your hands, like juicy but disturbing neighborhood  gossip you’re only so lucky to be privy too. Like you are one of the periphery moms, whispering about only the surface of the twisted, mangled iceberg. 

This is as much a novel about marriages and parent-child relationships under pressure as it is a novel of suspense. Which is to say, this isn’t exactly a thriller, but very much so an intense domestic drama that leaves you clutching at your pearls, as they say, as the characters’ lives unravel. A child in a coma, due to mysterious circumstances. His parents, his neighbors, none of them quite who they seem. Rumors everywhere. Lies as abundant as a cup full of sugar. 

I throughly enjoyed this one. I loved the intensity, the explicitness, the shock, every character interwoven into another in the most unexpected ways. This is a deliciously spiraling novel that makes you think a whole lot about the lives of those acquaintances around you that may be entirely different from what you only see from the end of the driveway. Or overheard from an open window…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Cursing, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Alcohol, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

gondorgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Grief, Bullying, Pregnancy, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

nicolegw's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Child abuse