Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck

4 reviews

tetrootz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Body horror, Blood, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical trauma, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Drug use

Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, Infertility, Infidelity, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Alcoholism

bookrecsondeck's review

emotional sad tense

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

emilywemily6's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

This was weird and intriguing and I couldn’t put this book down. I loved how the book has some theatrical scenes sprinkled in. I could really see how Lewis and Wren fell for each other, they loved each other so much. I loved the prose and the questions it brought up (explicitly or implicitly) about love, change, and terminal illness. While I appreciated Angela’s story, I wish it hadn’t felt so separate from Lewis and Wren’s story; it kind of took me out of the book a little, especially with how much time was spent on Angela’s life before Wren was born. Though by the end of that section I saw how it was all connected; I wish the author had taken a different direction in connecting these stories together. And I loved the ending but wanted more! I will think about this book for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal cruelty, and Infidelity

cait's review

reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Infidelity, Grief, Pregnancy, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Self harm, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, and Terminal illness