Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane

22 reviews

cyndi1966's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Stalking, Infidelity, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Torture, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

lindsayvale's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Violence

jj_tj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence and Domestic abuse

Minor: Blood

amberjackonski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

ells___'s review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

tabbed_reads2much's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Sexism

While these content warnings weren't excessive or vivid, the sheer number can make the read overwhelming. I would not suggest reading until you are in a good headspace.

nerddreads's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

booksbytheglass's review against another edition

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? No

4.25

oh BABY this one was a twister! 

after reading THE REPLACEMENT WIFE earlier this year, I was severely disappointed in darby kane’s work and I was worried that all of her books were going to be lackluster. but I’m so happy to say that it’s not the case!!!!

I absolutely adored PRETTY LITTLE WIFE for all of its cunning little secrets - from the suspicious wife (who most likely killed her husband and got away with it) to the young girls involved in her husband’s life to his loving brother to even the damn nosy neighbor!!! 😳 

everyone was wayyyy too suspicious for me at one point or another I swear … and I LOVED IT!

the main detective ginny was a selling point for me though! not only was she fierce and determined, but she was way too smart for her own good 🤪 I kept wanting her to get one step closer in her endless quest for evidence

while I did guess the killer about halfway through the book, I found I didn’t care by the ending!! the twists aren’t anything we haven’t seen before but I’m just a sucker for this trope ssshhh 😬

and then of course there’s that epilogue that screws with your brain too 🤯🤯🤯

overall, a quick (yes even for 350+ pages) domestic and psychological thriller win for me!!! 

rating: 4.5 stars
wine pairing: sonoma coast chardonnay

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

thehistorybunny's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

What a great book! Until you get to the end and it turns into something else entirely. Ruined the whole thing. Spoiler-related:

Thought it was going to be a Burning Bed situation and it just escalated into a serial killing/assaulting family???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

sderrig's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Torture