Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

37 reviews

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

annabeavo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Alcoholism

brokenbodybitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, and Toxic relationship

gbonnette's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Violence

avidreaderandgeekgirl'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

artemisstarlite's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

amandamreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Child abuse

caseythereader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

3.5

 - I almost never read thrillers, especially the subgenre of Wife this and Wife that thrillers. But I made an exception for THE WIFE UPSTAIRS because it's a retelling of one of my favorite classic novels - JANE EYRE.
- And am I glad I did! I tore through it in less than a day. THE WIFE UPSTAIRS is pure book candy - rich people behaving badly, a young woman escaping a dark past, murder most foul, etc.
- You definitely don't need to have read JANE EYRE to enjoy this book, but if you have, you'll spot some delightful callbacks in the names and details. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Violence

larareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcoholism

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

ehmannky's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

Fantastic. Fast-paced and creepy and interesting and firmly in the camp of "Jane Eyre [or Belle, in this case] can do better." It's such an inventive play on Jane Eyre (and, blessedly, so much shorter and much more fun to read). I liked all the twists and turns. Like, yes, he has his wife locked upstairs, but there are so many other twists in there. Even knowing that Bea (Bertha) is in the attic, I still felt it was chilling when Jane heard sounds in the house. 

Great overall, and I loved Jane being kind of a bitch. But not a rich bitch, just kind of hard from what life had dealt her. I don't know how die-hard Jane Eyre fans will rate it, but as someone who has always struggled to understand the appeal of the original, I loved this retelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Death, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Sexism, Child abuse, Child death, and Stalking