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The No-Show by Beth O'Leary

29 reviews

maisaaismail1's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Grief, Mental illness, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Abandonment and Miscarriage

ccassidy98's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Mental illness, Grief, Miscarriage, and Self harm

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Car accident, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Infidelity

saeruh's review against another edition

emotional reflective

4.0

It was intriguing how all of the three seemingly unconnected plot lines eventually all connected into one massive story. The way O’Leary writes about life makes you understand so much about these characters and their motives. I guessed the twist by the midway point so it wasn’t that shocking to me but i could see how it could have been. Audiobook was performed great, I just think that this is a one and done type of read for me to never think about ever again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Death, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Car accident, Dementia, Miscarriage, Grief, Infidelity, and Stalking

krisrow's review against another edition

emotional funny

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage, Self harm, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Death of parent, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

juliaconnelley's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Dementia, and Grief

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Miscarriage

emharris's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Car accident, Sexual harassment, Dementia, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Abandonment, Death, Infidelity, and Self harm

sarahkate22's review

emotional funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Car accident, Dementia, Sexual harassment, Grief, and Death

Minor: Death of parent, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

hmatt's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.5

Another more-than-meets-the-eye love story by Beth O'Leary. I described her style in my review of The Road Trip, as "a hilariously-told and very cute romance with complex characters and a slightly ridiculous premise", which mostly holds true for this novel as well. I'll say that this story is a bit more solemn, though, and deals with some heavier topics. I didn't quite connect with the characters as much as I have in some of her other books - I wish some of the POV storylines had been more fleshed out, I think this would have helped. But that's sort of what you get when you've got 3-4 main characters in an average-sized novel, so.

My CWs contain plot spoilers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage, Dementia, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death of parent, Stalking, and Pregnancy

kfmcf's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

I'm going to out this entire review in spoiler brackets for my own sanity -

I knew there was a twist, obviously, and I will say that it was not overtly telegraphed which was very well done. When i saw that it was 2019 towards then end right before the reveal, I knew that was significant in some way. However, I don't think the characters Endings were what I would have hoped.

First off, Siobhan was the only character with growth and then she DIED. So that was a big bummer. Miranda was great to start and then n o t h i n g happened with her. And Jane had an interesting plot but as a character only HAD that plot as a trait. I wish she had more layers because I could not understand why he liked her so much. 

Why did Miranda call him Carter. I wish that had been explained. It was kind of weird.

I think this book could have still been fascinating and utilized that twist without Siobhan dying from a traffic accident. Felt like shock value and I just...felt a bit betrayed as a reader in a lot of ways.

I am more intrigued to read O'Leary's other books now. I've been wanting to check out The Road Trip for awhile, but I think I'll definitely add The Switch to my list, too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Infidelity, Stalking, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual content, Dementia, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

cepbreed's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

I love books that just perfectly fall into place like this. My emotions were constantly running so high after our introduction to the timeline. Jesus. I hated Joseph Carter and I think I still would if

I hadn’t experienced loss myself. Books with loss always take me aback now. I don’t know if I will ever be able to handle it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Dementia, Grief, Miscarriage, Sexism, Car accident, Death, and Stalking

Moderate: Pregnancy and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Rape