Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

8 reviews

aquariusvintage's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Mental illness and Vomit

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

I thought this was a good read. I predicted a bit of the plot, but not the whole thing, and I was interested in how everything was going to unfold. But boy howdy, men ruin everything. I'll be paying attention to more books from Ms. Lapena.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, Classism, Infidelity, and Death

Minor: Child death, Sexual content, and Alcohol

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

• Going into this, I didn’t have much hope because I had read Not a Happy Family a couple of years ago and I remember being extremely underwhelmed by the plot twists but this one did not disappoint!

• This felt like your typical 2016 thriller where there’s an unreliable narrator (because of the heavy drinking), infidelity, and dumb decisions so at times it did feel predictable and boring but the elaborate plot twists at the end kind of saved it. 

• Also, there’s a detective investigating the crime but there’s not much investigation happening. It’s literally just him speculating and theorizing and he just happens to be right every time. And there’s a character at the end that helped commit the crime but wasn’t charged or held accountable? I initially rated this 4 but looking back at it now, I’ll probably change it to 3. 

• Overall, it’s a basic psychological thriller, I’d recommend it if you’re looking for a short and twisty read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Blood, Child death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Classism

aksick's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Mental illness and Violence

Minor: Child death

ruthiethetoothie's review

mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Infidelity, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Child death

miciahsreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Sexual harassment, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Stalking, Abandonment, Bullying, and Vomit

sharlapeggy's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.5

Gripped me throughout. From the first sentence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death, and Emotional abuse

juliaminer's review

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

pretty good book just based on how it grabs your attention (i literally read it in a few hours) but it was a bit unorganized and predictable at times and the ending was stupid 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, and Vomit