Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose

37 reviews

acal92's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Murder, and Infidelity

anamustacho's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This is an easy, quick read.
The ending was rushed.
It's basically a sort of mind fucking plot. But it isn't because a lot of it was predictable. I also found the setting wasn't clear and strange, as well as the plot having too many holes.

The cheating husband was an asshole. But he didn't deserve this ending.

Normal people would just divorce.

But I get it. I do.

Yet, it is just psychopathic.
The wife killed the misstress and framed her husband for it.
Her partner, who she ends up having a kid with and marrying a day after her husband's execution, also crazy

Up until the last hour everything felt rushed and chaotic. But that last hours in the story with the "plot"twist was rushed and just sick. 

Lastly this felt like a low budget bad murder mysterie show.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Death, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Gore, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, and Murder

sharon_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Death

Minor: Police brutality

choirgirl171's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

I just can't decide how I feel about this one. The male lead is an idiot, the presentation of the evidence is given in a way that doesn't really help us solve the case, and the twist is... good, but also not what I was expecting or really wanted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Murder, Infidelity, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

maddierasmussen's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Suicide

disguisedposer's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.5

Ended up giving it a 2.5. I started reading it and almost dnf after the first couple of chapters but then had a long drive so put the audiobook on. Adam's chapters/narration kept me in, it was actually kind of funny in places (not sure if it was meant to be), but Sarah's chapters and narrator were not good. I would have evened it out with a 3, but the ending made me roll my eyes so hard I was in danger of driving off the road. (This scenario is more plausible than this book). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Toxic friendship, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, and Suicide

tabea1409's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gaslighting, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexism, Medical content, Gore, and Infidelity

julieslifelately_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Stalking, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

spotter0809's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

First off, none of the characters are likeable. I was immediately put off by every new person added to the mix.  The POV switched between two completely unreliable narrators. However, Adam was just plain stupid and delusional thanks to his mommy. He thought there were no repercussions to his actions and justice would ultimately prevail.....boy was he wrong! Also, Sarah did everything she could from the beginning, right to the end. 

All in all, the book was a god read. I'd recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Police brutality, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use

mel_bee_421's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Suicide, Alcohol, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Police brutality, Infidelity, and Gaslighting