Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

38 reviews

abbs15norm's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Infertility, Infidelity, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Body shaming, and Blood

senia's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Infertility

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident and Abortion

janaycleaver's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Stalking

Moderate: Alcohol and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion and Death of parent

kates_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The first third of this book is hard to get through. But once you get to the first twist it really picks up.

I loved how Nellie and Vanessa ended up being the same character. I think the dual (yet singular) POV really illustrated domestic abuse in such an interesting, clever way. I knew the husband was going to be bad news, but seeing it all unfold was eerie. The gaslighting and complexity of character within domestic abuse was done perfectly. Also the very last twist with Emma wasn’t one I saw coming but I liked that it brought everything together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Stalking

soulmates's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol

brittanyweigandt's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Infertility, Infidelity, and Violence

frantically's review

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

damn the plottwists just kept coming huh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Abortion, and Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty

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

3.75

While the twists were good, the book seemed to drag a bit for a thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, and Blood

Minor: Abortion

tatiannaskye's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

I’ve had this book sitting on my bookshelf for more than a year now and finally after all this time I decided to pick it up and read it. Part One of the book was pretty easy to guess what was going on. Part Two I was confused. And Part Three put everything into perspective and when I say everything I mean everything. Overall it was an okay book not as great as the anonymous girl but still good nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Stalking, Alcohol, Addiction, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Just a lot of domestic and mental abuse as well as terrible backstory’s.

gloriazthompson's review

slow-paced

Soooo slow. Was just waiting for this one to end. A boring domestic thriller with a main character who has a drinking problem. 🙄 Nothing about the reveals was thrilling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism