Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris

7 reviews

bookishbabe431's review

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Physical abuse and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent, Child abuse, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Murder

infjkiki's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts

alicaitho's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

2.5

Good twist ending with

Ellen turning out to have been Layla the whole time

but it felt like we took a long slow ride to get there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Child abuse

Moderate: Violence and Child death

Minor: Infidelity and Death of parent

melissareading'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I’ve come to the conclusion that B.A Paris’ work is just not for me. 

After reading Behind Closed Doors and feeling like the odd ball out on that one, I decided to give this authors work another go, so I picked up Bring Me Back. And unfortunately, this went even worse. 

Bring Me Back is filled with one dimensional, flat, annoying characters. You root for no one, and roll your eyes at everyone. The main plot point was interesting, but the “twist” was so beyond unrealistic that it took all the enjoyment out of the reading experience. 

I think a big issue of mine with this authors writing is her telling instead of showing for a lot of things and then the repetitive nature of it is well. For a 300 page book we got the explanation in the beginning of the main character believing his missing ex girlfriend is back after 12 years and then we watch them dance around each other for the entire book. It makes what should be a fast paced book feel drawn out and repetitive. 

I really wish I had liked this more but I guess you can’t win them all. 🤷‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Grief, and Violence

typedtruths's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

2.0

I lose ten years of my life every time I read this godforsaken trope.

Blog • Trigger Warning Database • StoryGraph 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

➸ Trigger warnings for child abuse recounted, domestic violence, alcohol consumption, Dissociative Identity Disorder, parent with alcoholism, blood and injury depiction, death of a sister by from filicide, death of a mother mentioned, manslaughter, physical assault recounted, disappearance of a girlfriend and sister (theme), and blackmail.

jcatnd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

michelles_book_nook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.0

⚠️ TW: Domestic violence, child abuse, alcoholism, murder and mental illness ⚠️
This book follows Finn and Layla who are wildly young and in love and are planning their happily ever after together until one night when they are driving back from a holiday in France everything changes when Layla vanishes from a service station never to be seen again. Or at least that's the story told to police. And fast forward 12 years when Finn has moved on with Ellen, Layla's sister, small things start to happen to make everyone wonder what really happened in France and did Layla ever disappear. This book is filled with suspense as well as being incredibly clever and addictive to read and omg I did not see the twist coming at the end! 😱 B.A.Paris is one of my favourite domestic thriller authors and she knows how to use the art of the perfect slow burn to really keep your attention throughout while making you think of a thousand different potential endings before proving you wrong with one hell of a twist. The only reasons I've marked this one down is because I'm not sure how I felt about the use of mental illness being this villianised thing in this book and I felt the ending was a bit rushed. Overall, it was a really good read and I'd definitely read it again and recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Alcoholism