Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

6 reviews

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

In some ways it felt like an improvement from the first book, as unbelievable as that is. I enjoyed it so much. I would recommend this duology in a heartbeat. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Misogyny, Blood, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Confinement, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Stalking

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted 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? No

4.75

This is such a cute sequel. I probably like it more than the first book which is so hard to do. But Marian is just such a bad ass. Robs absolute obsession with her was sooo sexy. I definitely loved their chemistry and banter. I was confused why Marian was so easy forgiven for just disappearing so that’s why it’s not 5 stars. But it’s excellent, couldn’t put it down! Read it!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Death

imds's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Dementia, Abandonment, Death, Sexual violence, Confinement, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent

andatherrin's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Dementia

Minor: Confinement, Rape, Abandonment, and Kidnapping

caseythereader's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

Thanks to Avon Books for the free copy of this book.

 - Cat Sebastian books are just always so wonderful, and THE PERFECT CRIMES OF MARIAN HAYES is no exception.
- Marian and Rob are a delightful couple, wary of each other at first but quickly falling for each others' charms.
- I adore how Sebastian always weaves in queerness, kindness, and discussions of consent into her books. It's just so tender, while also being fun and funny. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, and Murder

unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Definitely wanted more from this book after absolutely LOVING Queer Principles of Kit Webb.

The beginning of this book had me so excited! Letters and banter in them to start, the [redacted] thing that brings Rob and Marian together at the beginning, which was very dramatic and also kinda funny. These events set them off on what SHOULD HAVE BEEN a shenanigan/hijinks filled little road trip but was actually kind of a weird/boring book middle? I found it hard to connect with both of the MCs through what is usually catnip for me. I am such a sucker for a road trip!!

It’s like the middle 50% of the book is almost just notes or an outline without the level of detail or any of the pining and tension present in Kit’s book. BUT THEN, the last 25% of the book takes off again and the characters are super entertaining and exciting things happen.

That’s to say this book in emojis was like:

😱😮😯😑😑🥱😴🥱😑🙂😀🥰

Will I read more from Cat Sebastian? ABSOLUTELY. She does a lot of things really well, this book just missed some marks for me in the middle. The beginning and the end do bring this to a readable state and I DEFINITELY would read another book in this series. (I am very much hoping for a book about Betty, the fence. Please Cat, give us a Betty book!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy