Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

27 reviews

joslynhebda's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent

the_jamae_way's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Gaslighting, Murder, and Alcoholism

jadeandherbunny's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

It was a good book but it was honestly forgettable.
I had a great time but that is it.
And I am not sure I really like the dissociating disorder reputation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Medical content

Moderate: Bullying and Murder

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

kshurtz13's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Vomit, and Kidnapping

asteinke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Murder, Death, Bullying, Blood, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

mynameisrebecca's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

2.5

This book is littered in tropes, and the characters are pretty one dimensional. It leans a lot on making women seem crazy and villanizing mental illness. All for a plot arc that isn't very twisty or thrilling in the end. It's very dialogue heavy so it reads fast, at least.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexism, Mental illness, and Blood

Moderate: Infidelity

cnannery19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

themoodreader's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Minor: Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Vomit, Sexual content, Alcohol, Body shaming, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

bookishchaos's review

medium-paced

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

3.0

Great idea but I knew exactly who "did it" in the first few chapters, it wasn't hard to figure out. There was still some twists and turns throughout the rest of the book but nothing spectacular. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Infidelity

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood and Vomit

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