Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

54 reviews

rachreads681's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

1.75

Bleh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, and Infidelity

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I have a habit of making dogears on the bottoms of pages to revisit powerful or poignant moments in books I enjoy. This book is mostly dogears now.

This story is more thought provoking than probably anything else I’ve ever encountered. It shies away from nothing, and tackles it’s characters and ideas expertly. If you can handle it, I cannot recommend this book enough. Sarah Gailey is one to watch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

bookish_affections's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse

renwah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

has a book ever more deserved a "no" on "Would you say the cast of characters is diverse?" the characters are all one white lady!

One of the most compelling point of view characters I've read in a awhile!  I loved watching this mystery unfold and finding out what Evelyn does/does not know, and how that matches up to what she does and does not pay attention to.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Misogyny, and Gore

danadoesbooks's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

The Echo Wife was the choice for my in-person book club.  A woman's husband is cheating on her with her clone and then he is murdered.  Sadly, it was another book that did not live up to expectations.  Even though it is labelled as a domestic thriller, it doesn't necessarily read as one. This one is partly on me for wanting The Echo Wife to be something it wasn't.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Death

wear_sun_screen's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Alcohol

stevie's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

sawyer_reads_stuff's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Murder, and Gore

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, and Death

cynthiareads'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Gore

amressing's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit