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The No-Show by Beth O'Leary

60 reviews

emmalwalker's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I was so absolutely shocked at this book. It kept me on my toes and I HAD to know how it ended- and it ended so so beautifully. Begin again by Taylor swift!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol and Dementia

takarakei's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

What an absolute wild ride. Definitely a unique 'romance' book, but be sure to prepare yourself for pain. This one is not all sunshine and rainbows. I thoroughly enjoyed the mysterious reveal of the plot. I related to all the characters on different levels. It broke me, but in the best way possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Grief

Moderate: Dementia, Alcohol, Miscarriage, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

nettabarak's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Grief, Miscarriage, Alcohol, and Car accident

spaghettireads's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol and Pregnancy

kcbatts's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Miscarriage

Minor: Dementia

bealmg's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.0

This was not at all what I was expecting. I really enjoyed the beginning of the book and how different and nuanced the three female protagonists were (which is not something easy to achieve when you are juggling different pov's!). A third of the way through, however, the story kept dragging and I patiently waited for something bigger to happen. I considered DNF-ing this one, but then the plot started coming together with a big, unexpected twist and I quickly finished the book. There were a few other surprises along the way which made up for the middle of the book - I get why we needed to have that information after reading the book, but while I was reading I was not as engaged as I was during the first and last thirds.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcohol

Explicit character death

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

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

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

I am so conflicted as to what to rate this book because I spent the first half thinking it was one man dating three women and I could not do another infidelity romance book but it’s Beth O’Leary so I knew it could be but couldn’t?!?!? And in typical Beth O’Leary fashion it actually worked? I think what makes her books good is that they are somewhat realistic that there are ups and downs to romance and there isn’t instant love or insane grand gestures and people don’t always forgive and forget

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, and Sexual harassment

cmcryst's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Dementia, Gaslighting, and Alcohol