Reviews tagging 'Grief'

One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

7 reviews

crabcake28's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I highly recommend this on audiobook. I normally don’t like audiobooks but I can guarantee that had I read this physically I wouldn’t have given it as high of a rating. I felt extremely attached to the characters and felt the dread of each and every one of their situations. I had expected more of a “who’s the murderer” or “there’s someone hiding  on the island” but it was straight forward and simple which I surprisingly liked. By the end I was still half expecting some kind of crazy plot twist but (although there was a plot twist) I appreciated that things were what they were. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Death, Murder, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Grief, Alcohol, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Racism

pambo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

meridith_bex's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide

juanat77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicide, Vomit, Bullying, Gore, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Eating disorder, and Violence

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Synopsis:

   While trapped on a desert island a group of strangers there for a supposed dating show must survive, as a murder tries to take them out one by one.

Review:
    As to the ending, I knew something was hinky with the show they were supposed to be on, but not what it was exactly and I loved that final twist.
    The book was a bit long though, it seemed to drag in parts which is why it took me so long (for me) to read, there were days I didn't press play to listen because it was hard to get through. Though some of that may have been the subject matter, lots of murder, domestic abuse, and gaslighting, plus medical-type content i.e., dehydration and starvation.
   Overall a good book even if it was tough for me to read, it got into many topics that need to be discussed more.

Narrator Rating: 3.5 stars
  I always have mixed feelings about this narrator. She does a good job with tonal shifts and emotions, but sometimes her voice grates on me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Grief, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Blood, Gore, Sexism, Suicide, and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

achay91'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic and Suicide

nickel_books's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

4.0

Picture it: You're on an island with 8 strangers and your partner only to be cut off from the world when a storm strands you with limited supplies. Then surprise! There's a murderer among you! Will you survive? Well that's the task ahead of Lyla when she begrudgingly agrees to participate in a new tv show. A little Lord of The Flies, a little Agatha Christie, and a whole lot of Survivor. 'One Perfect Couple' is on the scary side of reality television. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Grief, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Misogyny