Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

55 reviews

risemini's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Physical abuse, Drug use, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Infertility, Murder, Gaslighting, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Emotional abuse, and Alcoholism

carina_dreamer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

🚅 Para ser honesta, estava com receio de ler o livro e ficar desiludida, porque as opiniões são muito polarizantes - ou se gosta ou se odeia.
Comigo, deu-se um misto...

🚅 O enredo fala-nos de Rachel, que viaja ida e volta todos os dias até Londres para trabalhar. Vai de comboio e este abranda quase sempre junto de umas casas germinadas que ela observa sem falta. Há uma casa que lhe dá calma e faz sonhar e há outra mais acima na rua que lhe traz boas e más memórias. E em cada uma dessas casas vai estar mais uma das nossas narradoras.
Temos então: a Rachel, a Megan e a Anna; ou como as resumo: a testemunha bêbada, a vítima e a amante.

🚅 Enquanto leitora, este foi um livro complicado de amar. Todas as personagens são complicadas, a maioria são mesmo más pessoas. A escolha da autora de escrever quase que em formato de diário não resultou para mim (acredito que tenha sido melhor para o filme).
As nossas narradoras são todas não fiáveis, especialmente a Rachel com as suas bebedeiras e fantasias, ambas intermináveis.

🚅 Enquanto alguém que gosta de escrever, eu leio a anoto os meus livros analisando um pouco os autores subconscientemente. Pelo que esta foi a parte de mim que gostou deste livro, porque a Paula Hawkins foi uma mestre para conseguir fazer sentido de toda a confusão desenrolada e de ter deixado pistas fantásticas para quando se deu a revelação.

🚅 Não recomendo para novatos no género de mistérios/thriller porque consegue ser muito messy de entender.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Violence, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Injury/Injury detail

alexmall029's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

Crazy plot twist and addictive

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Mental illness, and Murder

trinloyd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Blood

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Pregnancy

samcsmith's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Gore

Moderate: Body shaming, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Death, Fatphobia, Murder, Vomit, Cursing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

Minor: Drug use, Excrement, Child death, and Confinement

miggyfool's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Vomit

aisclaradm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

A really good thriller that had me trying to piece information together right from the very beginning. It was so fun to read a book with such unreliable narrators, because it allowed you to come up with so many different theories. Ultimately, everything tied up really well and I found the plotline and reveals made a lot of sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Violence, Infertility, Murder, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Blood, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Stalking, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Car accident, and Drug use

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

• I was excited to read this because it’s what inspired many of the more recent thrillers like “The Woman in the Window” and “The Woman in Cabin 10” and the hundreds of other thrillers that have “woman” in the title. Unfortunately, this was one of the least thrilling and one of the least suspenseful books I’ve ever read.

• I should’ve known I wouldn’t like this because one of my least favorite tropes in thrillers is the alcoholic unreliable narrator. I quickly get tired and annoyed with the amount of times that drinking is mentioned and the main character constantly being confusing about the details of what might’ve or might’ve not happened.

• I was also really confused by the timeline. We follow 2 or 3 timelines that are leading up to each other but at the same time, they constantly switch to a random time and I just couldn’t keep track of it.

• Also, there’s the matter of the racist stereotypes and the wrong portrayal of Muslim characters.

• Part of me finds it hard to believe that this is the book that a lot of people were raving about years ago when it first came out. Same with the movie (which I won’t be watching now). It felt so mundane and predictable and not unique. If I hadn’t written my thoughts on the book as I was reading it, I wouldn’t have been able to write a review because I honestly remember nothing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racism, War, and Xenophobia

chamaeleontis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Stalking, Alcohol, Drug use, Infertility, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

grapefruit_jazzie's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Minor: Vomit, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Violence