Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

141 reviews

bella613's review

challenging dark sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Violence, Grief, Physical abuse, Child death, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse

stindex's review against another edition

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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Stalking, Sexism, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, and Self harm

blondieabrams's review

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Abortion, Gaslighting, and Infertility

laurynsbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Physical abuse

missgrangerr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse

ale94's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Murder, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

randa23's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

lucyford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

A really great mystery book! It met all my expectations and the story came together very satisfyingly at the end. The complex changes in timelines and characters really let you get the most of the story, and led to a very unexpected but believable ending. The writing style is nice as well, and my only criticism is that it wasn’t super captivating in the first hundred pages or so, but the rest of the book made it all worth it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child death, and Stalking

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, and Mental illness

abigailhaagen's review against another edition

dark mysterious

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

4.0

Captivating book with a good mystery, even I did figure it out halfway through (I say, adjusting my Sherlock Holmes hat), but it was still interesting to see how the characters/author played it out. The gradual revealing of lives and secrets was well done also. The prose itself wasn't great; there weren't distinctions between character voices, and a lot of the story was told to us instead of shown. That said, it was still done well, and, even though the characters were awful people making awful decisions, I still managed to sympathize with them, even if I was just yelling at them to not be stupid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Stalking, Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Abandonment

Minor: Abortion and Fatphobia

kylek44's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity and Infertility