Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

24 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

Synopsis:

   While trapped on a desert island a group of strangers there for a supposed dating show must survive, as a murder tries to take them out one by one.

Review:
    As to the ending, I knew something was hinky with the show they were supposed to be on, but not what it was exactly and I loved that final twist.
    The book was a bit long though, it seemed to drag in parts which is why it took me so long (for me) to read, there were days I didn't press play to listen because it was hard to get through. Though some of that may have been the subject matter, lots of murder, domestic abuse, and gaslighting, plus medical-type content i.e., dehydration and starvation.
   Overall a good book even if it was tough for me to read, it got into many topics that need to be discussed more.

Narrator Rating: 3.5 stars
  I always have mixed feelings about this narrator. She does a good job with tonal shifts and emotions, but sometimes her voice grates on me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Grief, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Blood, Gore, Sexism, Suicide, and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

m1923's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

achay91's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic and Suicide

mysterymom40's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Gaslighting, Violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

kpombiere's review

dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Toxic relationship

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Murder, and Emotional abuse

savvy2323's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Domestic abuse

rbudd24's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

nickel_books's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

4.0

Picture it: You're on an island with 8 strangers and your partner only to be cut off from the world when a storm strands you with limited supplies. Then surprise! There's a murderer among you! Will you survive? Well that's the task ahead of Lyla when she begrudgingly agrees to participate in a new tv show. A little Lord of The Flies, a little Agatha Christie, and a whole lot of Survivor. 'One Perfect Couple' is on the scary side of reality television. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Grief, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Misogyny

kimmberr's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.5

overall i liked it! It wasn’t as much a mystery as just a bunch of bad things happening to people stranded on a demolished remote island, but the pacing felt good and it was easy to follow with just one narrator. I will say, it didn’t have any high suspense moments… it felt mostly flat/level the whole way through, which made the ending feel a bit uneventful. But all in all a good, quick read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Vomit

sausome's review

challenging dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

3/5 stars - This book was so stressful and frustrating! Not really a mystery, more just suspense and horrible people being horrible. It all starts with a reality show premise for couples and ends with stranded island survival and a bit of "Lord of the Flies" stuff. Conor is one of the worst characters to be invented in fiction, I think, so that's a lot of "fun." I'm mostly glad to be done, as I definitely do not enjoy feeling like this while reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse