Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica

5 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

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

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Infidelity, Gun violence, Violence, Toxic friendship, Infertility, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Classism, and Death

Minor: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

challenging informative 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? It's complicated

3.5

I was really excited to read this when I hear it came out. I completely adored "Local Woman Missing" by this author so I was really ecstatic about her new release. Sadly, this book fell short for me. I wasn't on the edge of my seat at all for the plot.

They already set up the fact that Lily killed Jake so there was no mystery element to this book until towards the end when he find out that he was killed by a gun.

. The ending was pretty abrupt too. And some parts were left for inference when we could've just been told what happened. It didn't need to be as ambiguous as it was. Also didn't find the "twist" all that exciting or surprising either. It was one of my predictions. I remember reading a similar twist in one of Alice Feeny's books. Nothing came as a surprised to me which was similar to when I was reading "Local Woman Missing". However with that book I felt like there were more twists and turns and emotions involved which is why I loved it because although it was simple crazy things still happened and I really felt for the characters. I just didn't really feel connected to the characters in this one. Although this book was a letdown it wasn't terrible by any means. It was a decent book but I'd categorize as more of a mystery than a thriller because I didn't really find anything "thrilling" about this book. Oh and also the prologue is so useless. Like it literally had nothing to do with the book. I had an okay time but it's not something I'd ever pick back up again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Infertility, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

leebeeloves's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Infertility, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Terminal illness, Gun violence, Infidelity, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Stalking, Vomit, and Abandonment