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The No-Show by Beth O'Leary

68 reviews

amorales107's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Death, and Grief

faduma's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Car accident, Death, and Miscarriage

debby_caleb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Emotional abuse, and Death

Minor: Stalking and Death of parent

saffronbunny's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Infidelity

travelseatsreads's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Rom-coms and women's fiction are genres I personally tend to avoid with the exception of one or two authors. Beth O'Leary is definitely one of these exceptions as I always flock straight to her books on release.

I won't go on too much about this one as it really is best to go in blind and enjoy the bumps along the way which lead to the very clever and perception changing twist

As always with Beth's books the characters are so normal and relatable . This is amplified in TNS as we are presented with 3 very different women each with their own different traits and indeed flaws. It's so easy to become attached to all 3 of these women and also recognise yourself in some ways.

The writing follows O'Leary's usual style and is completely absorbing and a total comfort read. Although she deals with some serious topics she does so with a balance of tenderness and humour so it never feels overly heavy.

A great summer read which will have you laughing, maybe crying but totally invested in the fate of Siobhán, Miranda, Jane and Joseph.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Dementia, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Death, and Stalking

cristina_g_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved previous Beth O’Leary’s books, but still, didn’t go into this one with expectations, just went along and tried to enjoy it, OMG, was I taken by surprise…
This book has taken me through a ride…
I didn’t read any of the blurbs or descriptions, so, wasn’t aware of any spoilers, jumping into the book, I was, nice premise,

all three women were stood up, reacted differently, so that must be their connection. A while into the book you start to understand there is just one man and three women, and out of solitary I started getting angry with Joseph, how can he do that. Here we have 3 amazing women, all so different and complex and he is playing them all. I was so angry with him that it took me till the end to get caught with the hints that this is happening in different timelines. What a relief, but then I had so many questions… and the untangling of the plot was so satisfying that I was devastated when the time came to part with Siobhan…

Perfectly written, great friendships, tangled relationships and just a great flow through the entire book.
Loved it, would recommend it any time…
Bonus: the audiobook is great and at the end there is a small interview with Siobhan narrator and Beth O’Leary, was a great ending for a great book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, and Death

englishcab's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent

nitroglycerin's review against another edition

hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Dementia, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent and Miscarriage

greatestheights's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

This was so, so lovely and unexpected. I had so many theories about wtf was going on and none of them were quite right, which is always lovely, and managed to fall in love with just about every character. So glad I picked this one to break my long streak of thrillers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Death, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Minor: Homophobia

sonjapardee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Death, Car accident, and Emotional abuse