Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

54 reviews

bookstagramjo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

nuuamuikkunen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I think the beginning is a bit slow and not so good, but the plot gets more interesting after reading about 50% of the book.

It's clear to see, this book was written about women, by women. Although their actions might be stupid or weird, they aren't illogical. That's something men tend to get wrong with women.

The part where

it turned out Vanessa and Nellie are the same person, was so good! It really showed how she had changed from one person to another. They were the same, but still very different.

Also, it was great that even the very end of the book revealed new secrets.

I really liked this and I'm looking forward to reading all the other books made by Hendricks and Pekkanen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Infertility, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident and Miscarriage

salamipizza's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Car accident, Sexual content, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Classism, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Violence, Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Cursing

djackson's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Infertility, Physical abuse, and Stalking

alexishp23'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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Alcoholism

oreoo1's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Infertility, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Violence, Stalking, and Gaslighting

kaleighmadden's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

potaylachips's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Nice plot twist. Didn’t expect anything. I wanted to give it a 5 star, but for some reason I can’t. It’s not lacking in any area that I can communicate… it just feels empty towards the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Gaslighting

Moderate: Physical abuse, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Car accident, Incest, Toxic relationship, Blood, Abortion, Infertility, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Suicide

marypetrushko's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

This book wasn't bad, not at all, however, the premise just isn't original. I recall myself thinking that this book resemble "The Last Mrs. Parrish" by Liv Constantine (I rated it 4 stars) a few times. They're not exactly the same per se; the writing styles and the way the story is told are different, however, they still possess similar tropes. Although I did like the storytelling of "The Last Mrs. Parrish" better. I think reading "The Last Mrs. Parrish" made me anticipate most of the twists so I didn't find many of them surprising. There was a twist that I didn't anticipate, however, I felt like that twist was unnecessary and was just there for shock value.

If anyone is curious, the twist I'm referring to is Emma being the daughter of the professor that Vanessa was victim to in college and her marrying Richard to hurt Vanessa.  I thought Emma's thought process was so stupid. Like, girl, you're really going to blame a college student for your father's infidelity?!🤦🏾‍♀️

Also, I think what lowered my rating for this book was that I felt like some loose threads weren't explained enough.

Like Richard's sister, Maureen, we never really get any explanation of her character and her motives. We're left to infer that she doesn't want Richard to get married and sabotages all the women that Richard courts, but we don't know anything further than that. I always got bad vibes from her and I was right considering we found out that she was the one that canceled the photographer for Vanessa's and Richard's wedding, but we're not told why. Lokwey, I know this is out of pocket, but I thought she "abused" Richard. I thought their relationship was odd. 

And what happened to the dog (Duke)? We never know and I know that's such a minuscule thing, but I was tearing up reading that chapter about him. Things about dogs always just get me.🤧

Also, I think it would've been nice if we got a little look into Richard's previous wife, (Kate, I think that was her name). I just found it interesting that both Richard's previous wives were following their "replacement". And I know I keep mentioning "The Last Mrs. Parrish", (it just did this trope so much better than this book in my opinion), but just like in  "The Last Mrs. Parrish" where the motives of the abuser were a bit more clear, I wish we found out what Richard's motive were when doing what he did. I know he's obviously the villain of this story but that doesn't mean he should be a flat character.

Overall, it was an okay book if you enjoy this trope and other books like it.

Also this is very inconsequential, but I don't think the people around Vanessa tried enough to warn her about Richard. They would make sly comments about how he was "too good to be true" but then wouldn't elaborate any further. Like yeah, of course, I'm going to think you're attacking my husband/boyfriend/fiance if you don't give me adequate reasons as to why you think he's off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, and Infertility

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Cursing, Medical content, Mental illness, and Death of parent