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The No-Show by Beth O'Leary

77 reviews

angesquires's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Dementia and Toxic relationship

ceejay's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Mental illness

Moderate: Stalking, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Miscarriage

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

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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? Yes

4.0

I've really enjoyed all of Beth O'Leary's books so far and luckily this was no exception. She's very good at writing characters who feel like real people with real problems. This one features three protagonists and I felt like I knew who they all were and was invested in their lives. There are some clever layers to this story and I had a fun time working out how it all fitted together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Sexual harassment, and Death

Moderate: Dementia and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent and Miscarriage

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

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

bookshelves_by_kezia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.0

While reading this book, a few things confused me, especially

how Joseph was such a perfect guy to all the women, even as a cheater

.  About 80% of the way through, things made sense, and I understood better who to root for. In classic Beth O’Leary fashion, it has a lot of heart and hope, but also doesn’t shy away from hard stuff. The reveal was clever and changed how the whole book felt to me, but I think I would need to reread it for everything to fall into place as intended as I wasn’t given enough time after it to properly adjust my character opinions. Overall I thought this was good but not the author’s best.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage and Self harm

anotherdayofsun403'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Dementia, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm