Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica

15 reviews

badmom's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Murder

Minor: Medical trauma, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Infertility, Infidelity, Cancer, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Gun violence

laceybananareads'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This book had me guessing until the end!  Unfortunately, I didn’t really like the end and I felt like all of the build up was wasted with what ended up happening. Overall solid listen though! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Pregnancy, Violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Death, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Gun violence

haveyouseencass's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, Cancer, Blood, Stalking, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Miscarriage, and Murder

sstewart89's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Death, Pregnancy, Violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, and Medical content

Moderate: Stalking and Gun violence

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Sexual content

cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Murder, and Cancer

jmkendall0218's review

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, Stalking, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

raavi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, and Abandonment

Minor: Terminal illness, Murder, Stalking, and Pregnancy

mec4's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.75

This book was a regret for me. Lets go over some of the isses I found within this book. Fiest, I listened to it as an audiobook and it felt like such a slow, annoying burn. It wasnt the good kind of plot prolonging, it felt like a bad date that never ended, but i hoped it would get better. Apparently, I should have looked at the reviews first, because it was so annoying to listen to how "beautiful" the main character was, like she somehow was only defined by her beauty, and the plot had SO much potential but was so poorly executed I will likely never read another one of Mary Kubicas books again. The writing style was annoying, and I dont know if its because i was listening to it, it because I just dont like the style. It was overall pretty disappointing as far as peaks and climaxes of plots go. Genuinely felt like a waste of time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence

brookey8888's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Vomit, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault