Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Best Way to Bury Your Husband by Alexia Casale

23 reviews

courtofsmutandstuff's review against another edition

funny

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

5.0

I support women's rights, but more importantly, women's wrongs. 
I really loved this! And I was really surprised that this book that took entirely during the COVID lockdown didn't bother me the way reading other books set during COVID were. 
The premise of the book is accurate and sells it - 4 different women kill their abusive husbands, and then work together to dispose of the bodies. It is funny, and I'm very satisfied with how it progressed and ended (

I even was pleased when the small twist at the end with Edwina happened because I had a feeling that her husband was under the tree and I loved it!

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Highly recommend, especially if you love dark comedy and abusers getting what comes to them, and women banding together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder and Violence

jesskfish's review against another edition

It started out interesting, then became kind of a mess with so many different characters in the same situation. Bizarre. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

mslori's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Just a chefs kiss of a book. Both funny and super dark. Well narrated too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death, and Murder

ceruleanblue42's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

kazters's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

fictionandflora's review

dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Domestic abuse

Minor: Vomit

jennastopreading's review

It may have just been that I lost momentum, but I had no desire to pick it up in between reading sessions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Death

bex1408's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Blood and Gore

owlizabeth's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Domestic abuse

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

I really enjoyed this and raced through it. It focuses on an important topic (domestic violence) and is set in the Covid lockdown. I think it worked really well and was very funny, despite the seriousness of the topic. The friendship that formed between the women was also wonderful to see come to life throughout the story. I’d really recommend this book!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Dementia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Infertility