Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Glass House by Eve Chase

2 reviews

wrinnola's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Wonderfully unwoven tapestry of a tale. Flavored with plot twists, generational trauma, and a mystery left unsolved until the very end, The Daughters of Foxcote Manor is impossible to put down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Infertility, and Mental illness

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Car accident

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexism, Sexual content, Abortion, and Blood

oliviaclaire's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book flew by so fast and yet it somehow felt like a slow burn at the same time. Nothing was rushed in the storytelling and we really got to know the characters and the landscape of the story. The reveals were so well planted that they felt natural and I love how everything was woven together. 

This would have been five stars except that I feel like Eve Chase was so keen to tie as many plot points and characters together as possible that it went too far and I couldn't quite suspend my disbelief.

Caroline being Helen/Hera's biological sister felt like a step too far and an unnecessary additional family tie. The odds of Sylvie and Hera's kids finding each other and bringing everyone together again were slim but believable enough for me to be satisfied without the extra 'gotcha' plot twist

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Murder