Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Husbands by Chandler Baker

4 reviews

tkaryn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

NOW THAT'S A BOOK! Captivating from the very beginning, this story twists and turns in a way that makes you wonder how everything will be pulled together, but then it just does 🤌🤌. 
For fans of The Power and The Collective 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

2.0

Very boring book with a ridiculously stupid main character and mostly bland side characters. Very early on you can guess the entire plot including how reveals are going to be handled and you're exactly correct - no surprises. Strange social media themed interludes between chapters that basically just list the book's themes (this is so common and I don't get it - authors of the world I PROMISE that women are capable of understanding themes without interludes or footnotes or characters just listing them). There's also a secret that hangs over the main character for a lot of the book that turns out to be boring and revealed in a really anti climactic way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Brainwashing/mind control content

binreads's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

this book actually made me wanna scream and fling it across the ROOOOOOOM!!!!!! That ending?!?!?

Get Out vibes for SUUUURE. The whole time I was thinking NORA GIRL COME ON YOU ARE SMART GET OUUUUUT OF THIS

the book didn’t really pick up until halfway through and i thought we could’ve gotten to the resolution a bit sooner so we could see the aftermath. 

The last line HAUNTED ME.

The amount of red flags Nora ignored from this group of women was ASTOUNDING. Just blissfully ignorant while it’s all right there in front of her! Mama you are a lawyer!!!

I also feel like it dragged on the “accident” situation that happened to Liv. I don’t believe it really added anything to the narrative.

It was crazy to slowly uncover what was happening as a reader. When they were at therapy, and Cornelia kept clicking her pen: Click, Click, Click i was immediately like Didn’t Richard claim he was hearing clicking??? Are they brainwashing them?? AND I WAS RIGHT

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Torture, Trafficking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Body horror and Blood

megj23's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse and Death of parent