Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann

28 reviews

erinblue's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

I alternated between reading and listening to an audiobook for this one. For what it’s worth, I didn’t see a lot of buzz about this one and one user on IG had wanted to read this with a group of us during this month. Funny enough, one of the main characters has the name of March lol. This is kind of like a slice of life in small town Texas mixed with multi family drama & theatrics throughout. A lot of infidelity, unresolved anger and eyebrow raising actions. I wasn’t one hundred percent moved by this unfortunately. It wasn’t the author’s fault, I just think this could have engaged me more if there was more of a concrete plot tied to this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Infidelity

Minor: Death and Blood

ukponge's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness

cpoole's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Infidelity

lgmelcher's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity

caribbeangirlreading's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The only good thing I can say about this book is that in the last 40% the pace picked up considerably.  Otherwise, this was nothing but trashy melodrama. I understand that the characters were supposed to resemble the characteristics of certain Greek gods but they ended up feeling like caricatures, not real people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bookbunny's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Infidelity

meliroo's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Stalking

danielle_isreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-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

5.0

Wow.

This book was stunning. I have never, ever, in any Greek or Roman myth, empathized with the Hera/Juno character. And yet, here I am: feeing that June is a character and woman who will stay in my heart and head for a very long time.

This was a story about a messy family but it didn’t feel messy. I loved every minute.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Infidelity

katgoetzzz's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, and Murder