Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

11 reviews

allisonisbooked's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, and Infidelity

jessiv14's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Infertility

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Suicide, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, and Self harm

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I have to give this book credit where it is do, I definitely did not know what was going to happen next up until the final page. There were some minor typos I caught that broke me out of the story from time to time. Additionally, the story stuttered in a few places and I feel like it could have benefitted from one last clean up of some extraneous scenes. I did find it to be an engaging and entertaining read, and Fisher did a great job building the mystery. Definitely worth a try if you think it's up your alley. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, and Self harm

Minor: Drug use and Vomit

readingtotravel's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The whole exploitation of someone's mental illness turned me off to the book. What was a great book full od twists and turns ruined itself with a trashy ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Violence, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Stalking, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Murder

becca_w_'s review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Body horror, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Physical abuse, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

marytheblueberry's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

caties_books's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infertility, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Stalking, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

bnelson13's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Amazing! So gripping! So thrilling! I could not put it down! There were some fantastic unexpected plot twists right up to the end! I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Abortion, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Body shaming, Genocide, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide attempt

querciola's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Violence

hellothereforeitsalex's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, and Toxic relationship