Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

23 reviews

bmoonc's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Child death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, and Toxic relationship

theinstabookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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

3.0

I picked this book up and soft DNFed it a while ago when I wasn't in the right mood. This book alternates between Geo's POV, the FMC, and Kaiser's POV, the detective with the Seattle PD and a friend and former classmate of Geo's. This story wasn't what I was expecting, in a good way.

Part One of the book is Geo in prison for the murder of her high school best friend, Angela. I liked that because it felt like I was watching a season of Orange Is The New Black. Part Two also intrigued me because it focuses on the serial killer, and I like serial killer thrillers. However, Part Two takes place five years after Geo is sent to prison, but that isn't indicated at the beginning of part two. You have to start reading the first chapter in part two to find that out, which threw me off a bit. I would have preferred the time jump to be plainly stated. This is also a slow-burn even though the book is very short. I found that this threw the pacing off and meant that things were dragged out much more than they needed to be. The writing wasn't my favourite and my copy could have used at least another round of edits because there were SO many spelling errors. This is written in third person POV and I much prefer books written in first person. The big reveal and plot twist was saved for the very end of the book, but by that point the reveal wasn't shocking enough to pull me back into the story. 

I loved LITTLE SECRETS by the author and look forward to reading her other books. This one just didn't quite work for me. Be mindful of trigger warnings, as there are a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Rape

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cancer

killmoore_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

4.75

This would have been a 5 star read if the epilogue would have been -slightly- more flushed out. So SO good. A heart pounding, gut wrenching look into the wrong side of "coming of age" and how our past will always come back to haunt us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Rape, Cursing, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Violence, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

thiscoconutreads's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Cursing, Sexual violence, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Incest, Body shaming, Infertility, and Eating disorder

cfarron's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Pregnancy, Cancer, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Physical abuse, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, and Vomit

leahka89's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Major trigger warnings. Very good read, but extremely emotional. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Gore, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Child death, Cursing, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Cancer, Blood, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Infertility

Minor: Addiction, Car accident, Child abuse, Infidelity, Incest, Vomit, Abortion, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Pedophilia

paigetatum_13's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

it took me a while to come up with a rating just bc i was so flabbergasted from the ending lol but I definitely think the ending was a bit eh and could've been better! ending felt rushed. all I will say is Angela you deserved sm better 🫤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Child death, and Infidelity

katybugggg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pregnancy, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Bullying, Body horror, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gaslighting, Blood, Body shaming, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Abandonment

ssarahbbeth's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

The ending. This ending. Spoilers for the ending of this book obviously...

The plot twist wasn't exactly revealed in a satisfying way and that's okay. What I despised about this ending was the way the serial rapist/abusive ex comes in and saves the day. He gets to rush in, play hero, and almost be portrayed as Geo's guardian angel. Besides the chapter immediately before where it's revealed he isn't into chopping up bodies (bare minimum, bro) the last time we saw this guy he was sexually assaulting the protagonist. Now he is saving the 'damsel in distress'? Besides some other small frustrations, I really liked this story, but that angered me so much, the way Calvin ALMOST seemed redeemable at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Infertility, Infidelity, Child abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer and Vomit

blackcats_and_coffeecups's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Child death, and Rape

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

Minor: Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Bullying, Gun violence, Car accident, Infidelity, Incest, Pedophilia, and Cancer