Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

263 reviews

ashleycmms's review

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent

cats_are_pawesome's review against another edition

• 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion

gabbyeleene's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Vomit

frommidgard's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Infertility, Sexual content, Vomit, and Murder

Minor: Child death and Cursing

audioaxolotl's review

mysterious tense medium-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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Death

cluelessdino's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Child death

carolinebl's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

I really enjoyed this audiobook: it was by far the best narrated of those I have encountered. Before this novel, I had forgotten how exciting thrillers are, especially when they are so well written. I enjoyed the contrasting and conflicting characters, and even when you could see the upcoming twist you couldn’t predict exactly how it would happen. Irrelevant sidenote: I am confused how Emily Blunt plays Rachel in the film adapt (I am yet to watch) if she is meant to be so unattractive… unless that is the point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia

patty_k's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Abandonment

angievansprang's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I finished this within 36 hours of starting it, so I obviously had a good time with it. Read this if you want to hate men more! I promise you, there are zero redeeming male characters in this that are mentioned more than 3x. They are all complete trash. Hawkins paints a drearily pitiful scene over an otherwise picturesque suburbia outside of London. This follows 3 different POVs of women who are all connected via relation to the same neighborhood where something - or someone - sinister is brewing. I felt that the author did a good job in allowing you to feel just enough sympathy towards a character before twisting your stomach into knots with a horrific reveal of who they truly were. Most of these characters are hopelessly tragic, yet very realistic. The circumstances by which each main character finds themselves in this neighborhood make it believable why they might behave the way they do. While it may not initially seem like it, this is a chilling tale about the strength in women following their instincts and sticking together despite being very much so at odds with one another. A true feat of a debut from Hawkins, and it has reignited my love for thrillers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death and Vomit

hanofgreengables's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Infidelity, and Alcohol