Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

21 reviews

mangofraiche'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Death, Infertility, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence

emilyspex's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

0.5

Um... Fucking WHAT??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent

marytheblueberry's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

caties_books's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infertility, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Stalking, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Sexual content, Sexism, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Medical trauma

bnelson13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Amazing! So gripping! So thrilling! I could not put it down! There were some fantastic unexpected plot twists right up to the end! I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Abortion, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Body shaming, Genocide, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide attempt

klitanightfuryreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

I like this book enough to give it 3.5 stars and recommend it to others.

The end was shocking to me, but honestly I was a little dissapointed at the direction the book took, I was expecting something else. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Violence

sydneyreads00's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Stalking, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, and Emotional abuse

bradiehilliard's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic relationship

kdippel's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Total Mind F of a book. Couldn’t put it down!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infertility, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis