Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

69 reviews

inirac's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.5

Got on the list because it has some good twists and turns, which it did! Not the biggest fan of the plot (I hate when women are pitted against each other- it’s old), and the ending feels satisfying but completely unrealistic. But this doesn’t have to be fully realistic I guess. My jaw definitely dropped a few times which is what I was looking for!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Violence, Stalking, Abortion, and Classism

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy

em_pay22's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

megs_readstoomuch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Abortion, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

viwilliams's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Incest, Infertility, and Death of parent

readliketay'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? Yes

4.0

Started off really strong, ending fell flat. I also guessed the twist which tends to ruin a thriller for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

daniellenelson's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

pookiee's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.5

The Wife Between Us is a much better version of the same story; read that instead.

a lot of reviews mention plot twists, but I only read one (

that daphne finally realized what amber was up to and wanted her to ’steal’ her husband

). the rest is just a typical story and filling in of the details of the twist. really, the same events we read in pov1 are gone over in pov2 when we could easily assume 2’s thoughts, having found out the twist.

the writing is very bland; everything is “She did this. Then, she did that.” with no interesting figurative language. the simplicity makes it easy to speed through the book at least.

the characters are supremely boring, too. it’s crystal clear whom readers are supposed to root for/against and these people have no life outside of being virtuous/villainous and rich/poor. 

the pov in part i is exhaustingly bitter and part ii is filled with tactless descriptions of abuse just to have us pity one chara and hate the other even more. this is not a deeply psychological book or character study, it’s emotional manipulation with total caricatures and major, laughable plot conveniences.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Abortion

Minor: Blood

kimveach's review against another edition

dark 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

2.75

Apparently, I have read too many domestic thrillers as I've seen this plot before.  It's possible this book, published in 2017, was the first one to do it of the books I've read.  Thankfully, it was quick to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nicolesbookreviews'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Chronic illness and Sexual content

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol

slash's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Pregnancy