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His & Hers by Alice Feeney

15 reviews

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This one just kept me on the edge of my seat, and it creeped me out real bad. Did not see the end coming, and I was really wondering until the last second who I should feel most afraid of. Alice Feeney writes good shit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Bullying, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape, Animal death, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Dementia, Sexual assault, Self harm, Stalking, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content, Pregnancy, Gore, Gun violence, and Emotional abuse

andizabotka's review

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Loved this book, could not put it down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault

claireswale's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

Overall, I enjoyed this thriller. The twists definitely kept me hooked until the very end. It’s not always well written- a bit cliché at times but if you look past that the story is good if not a little disturbing. A good October read for spooky season though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Child death, and Grief

georgiagirl1315's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Dementia

Moderate: Child death

kay_reads_books6's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

I really really thought I knew who the killer was but nope. Not even close. This book had me on my toes, from beginning to end, through every twist that kept happening.

This story is told from 3 POVs: His (Jack's), Her's, and the truth (the mysterious killer).

I reread each POV that was the killer's 3 times each to make sure my guess of the killer was probably correct. It still wasn't. Alice Feeney did an excellent job at keeping you guessing.

This book gives me weird, sex cult Heather's vibes but grown up in a mystery thriller book. I honestly think that's the best way to describe this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Bullying, Gore, Murder, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Body horror, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, and Animal cruelty

mtstjk's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Absolutely disturbing book, but never saw the plot twist coming

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Murder, Rape, Self harm, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Child death, Death, Dementia, Eating disorder, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Self harm

driscollallie's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

mrsbishopreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Self harm

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

A murder in a small town, and a novel full of suspects and perspectives. It’s impossible to go into much more detail without spoilers, and I recommend going into this one pretty blind!

I read this as my book club’s January pick, and I really enjoyed it! I love an unreliable narrator trope, and His & Hers has that from every angle, with layered perspectives and near-constant reveals that keep you on your toes and make you unsure who to trust. I did suspect the final twist fairly early on, but the way the book unfolded had me constantly doubting myself such that it was still a nice surprise in the end. And while I never really liked any of the characters, this is the kind of novel where that’s okay (and maybe even preferable)—it’s a study of human nature, of dark behavior, and of the secrets we keep, even from ourselves.

Overall, this is a super fun and bingeable popcorn thriller, and I highly recommend it to fans of the genre!

Recommended to anyone, but especially if you like: unreliable narrators; multiple POVs; lots of twists

CW: Death/murder/violence/blood, including death of a child; sexual assault; suicidal thoughts/mentions of suicide; alcoholism/alcohol abuse; domestic abuse; animal cruelty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Bullying, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Rape, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

sarahjxde's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Self harm, Murder, Suicide, and Sexual violence