Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica

8 reviews

srullo's review against another edition

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

1.75

Almost a DNF — I thought this dragged the entire time. Even the final few chapters were lackluster with any “reveals” happening in slow, monotonous scenes. The Christian chapters were especially hard to get through, i wish we’d had a different alternative POV. 

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strawberrypie555's review

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

4.0


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amanda_reads13's review against another edition

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4.0

Nina's husband Jake is missing. That's about the only thing we know is true. Nina's friend and coworker Lily told her husband Christian that Jake attacked her and she fought back. But is that really the truth? 

I enjoyed the audio version of this book. I did figure out most of the mysteries early on
I figured out that Ryan was into Nina and that Jake and Lily were having an affair. It was pretty obv ous that Lily was lying. Why would you be so scared to go to the police if he actually attacked you?
However, I didn't think that
Nina's mom was the one who killed Jake! I should have guessed it though because there were a lot of clues pointing to her.


I found it to be a bit repetitive and found that Lily and Christian made some decisions that made no sense at all. I get Christian wanting to protect his wife, but I was really annoyed with so many decisions he made.
Why would you put the bloody clothes in a neighbours garbage?
 

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jmkendall0218's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0


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brookey8888's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

I mean this was fine. It was kind of slow and boring. Most of it I did see coming except one thing, but at that point I was just like whatever about the story. I also hate how we can’t have just a happy couple to be honest like the affair did not even make sense. Honestly I would probably skip this one. 

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c_dmckinney's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.0


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hermithebs's review against another edition

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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

2.5


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alaina's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-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

3.5

Pageturner fun. Sort of believable ending?

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