Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

7 reviews

tgij's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

As someone who saw the adaptation first, I can say I really appreciate the book in all its detail: there is a lot of information to build up the story and give the reader an understanding of each character in all their flaws and complexities. It was very good at keeping me on the edge of my seat.

Adele is a genius of sorts, but Louise is an admirable character at times as well, with David in the middle and, while having a hand in the plot, is really stuck between them.

The spiritual/supernatural element is very prominent and is a huge reason for this story catching my eye in the first place.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Grief, Stalking, Alcoholism, Addiction, Animal death, Murder, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Eating disorder

smileyjayna's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Alcohol, Confinement, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Murder, Death, Abandonment, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Animal death, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Child death

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

I thought this was interesting, and I'm excited to see the TV series version of it. Same comment that I've made about Ms. Pinborough before -

it just doesn't make a tremendous amount of sense to throw in supernatural elements into a very real-world story. It almost feels like not incredibly well-thought-out writing? Like there was no way to wrap the plot up in this world, so it has to enter the next?

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gaslighting, Classism, Grief, and Gun violence

jessw17's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Abortion, Sexual content, and Confinement

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.25

Honestly this was entertaining but it was also kind of boring at the same time. Nothing thrilling really happened so I kept wondering like what was gonna happen and what was the point. But the ending I did not see coming at all and I was shocked. I don’t know if I necessarily like it but I didn’t see it coming so there’s that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Abortion, Murder, and Stalking

lilacvictim's review against another edition

mysterious fast-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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Stalking, Murder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion

lilifane's review

challenging 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

5.0

What the f*** did I just read?!?!?
I'm actually still hysterically laughing because of the ending. It's not that often that an ending actually gets me. 
First I thought this would be a regular domestic thriller and I don't really like them that much. The whole cheating plot just annoyed me. But I loved the different perspectives and the feeling that there is something off. And then things got interesting when an element was introduced, I wasn't expecting. Luckily I love these kind of elements in books. When I got the vague idea what the title refers to at about 50% of the book, I was all invested. Hahaha, little did I know then. It blew my mind when I realised what the title actually means. And then again at the very end when I realised what it ACTUALLY actually means. I just think it's genius. The way everything is plotted and fits perfectly together at the end. That's my favourite thing in books. I love love LOVE how subtle all the hints were that you actually could never guess the ending but once you know it you see all those details flashing before your eyes. ;)
This book is definitely one of my all time favourites now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Body shaming