Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Tangerine by Christine Mangan

4 reviews

shayda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

2.5

Books with unreliable narrators are always fun, by which i mean i wanted to throw it across the room.

It was very well written, all the pieces fall into place neatly, making your stomach drop. I have a hard time with books where the villain wins and the emotions it provoked goes it show how invested i was in the story.

The themes of obsessive female friendships was fun to explore. It had an interesting snapshot of colonialism at this time, her husbands sucks ass, creepy pedo. Cant say i blame her for getting rid of him, just found her actions thereafter cruel. 

It was sad but i guess realistic in showing the gaslighting that thrives when people want to get rid of women with mental illnesses and want to label them a mad woman. She truly had no chance poor girl. 

The writing was gripping and plot was well executed! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Ableism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, and Forced institutionalization

kefowler's review against another edition

dark medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Infertility

angel_lyd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Tangerine is possibly the most mind boggling book i’ve read in a long time. It is beautifully written, you can feel the heat of Tangier throughout. The only reason this isn’t 5 stars for me is because the ending felt rushed, the blurb seems to make a big deal off the husband’s disappearance but I felt it happened quickly and some information was left out. Still a fantastic read though, Lucy Mason is terrifying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

hannahlnh's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

I found this book really enjoyable and was delighted by a female-led vintage mystery. I subtracted some points for some problematic tropes though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Death, and Colonisation

Moderate: Violence