Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

69 reviews

czoltak's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Even though I found this extremely predictable, I still really enjoyed it. Something about Hawkins’ writing style is incredibly addicting and made it hard to not just read this all in one sitting. However the actual storyline and characters weren’t all that compelling. I definitely would recommend this as a good book for those who are new to the thriller genre. However, those who have read a lot of thrillers will probably agree that it’s nothing exciting. As this is her debut thriller/adult book, I will pick up Rachel Hawkins’ future works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Toxic friendship, and Murder

dejathor28's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Murder

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Blood, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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

this was pretty cliche and predictable. i have already forgotten the characters names and found the plot twist to be obvious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Alcoholism, and Infidelity

buttermellow's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Murder, Alcoholism, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent

kimmy0__0's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

amandarosenz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

3.0

Fun and fast-paced retelling of Jane Eyre. Good beach read or palate cleanser for heavier novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexism, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Murder, Vomit, Classism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, and Mental illness

bryelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

This book is so good I picked it up and finished it in one day. The suspense is just enough that you have to know what is going to happen next. 

Our main character, “Jane” is a person who grew up in the foster system and has had to be resourceful. We meet her when she is walking dogs for rich people and taking things that would go unnoticed. 

One day she bumps into Eddie. And they hit it off. He ends up buying a dog to have her walk it. Jane finds out his is a widower and starts to think of a plan to get near him. They go on a date and things go from there. 

We find out more about Eddie’s wife going missing. Not everything adds up. Jane starts to try to get more information out of people around her. 

Eddie’s wife is alive in the panic room hidden upstairs. But she is the one who planned to kill her friend. Eddie discovered it and decided to lock her away in the panic room.

When Jane finds her they over take Eddie. But Jane quickly realizes she is not a good guy in all this either. Eddie locked away in the panic room sets the house on fire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Toxic friendship, Murder, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

tiathomas11's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Murder