Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

50 reviews

katy_bee's review against another edition

mysterious 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

Definitely a page turner (or whatever the audio equivalent is) and it builds a sense of mystery nicely, without even being totally clear what that mystery is. Lots of suggestions and potential avenues to explain. The characters felt pretty well drawn, although not necessarily hugely likeable. Ultimately, it was fairly light and there was a bit too much coincidence. Fun for background listening while I was at the gym as I didn't have to pay too much attention.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Infertility, Domestic abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Murder

cyndi1966's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cancer, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Death, Infidelity, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Alcohol

blueyogi's review against another edition

tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Blood, Cancer, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Alcohol, Sexual content, Infertility, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, and Child death

asvanroekel29's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

I overall enjoyed the book. It has a decent pace, I liked the twist, and it had a lot of emotions specially for this genre. I wanted more action from a thriller, it felt like the twist and main action piece from the twist was really rushed and didn’t have time to develop the way it should have. I would recommend this book to someone who loves an emotional mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Infidelity, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Infertility

thebigq's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Fun twisty thriller, didn't see the end coming! The alternating POVs of Marissa and Avery work really well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Suicide attempt, Medical content, and Terminal illness

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I always enjoy this author duo, and I was very sucked into this story. It felt weird that it was set in an area where I've spent so much time! Will read more by this pair.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Murder, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Blood, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Gun violence, and Medical content

hmstumfoll's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Grief, Murder, Stalking, and Infidelity

taylorsimon's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed the structure of the book, it made it fairly fast-paced. I have to say the ending to the main “mystery” was a shock to me, something I wouldn’t have guessed on my own. I feel the resolution to Avery’s dilemma was quickly written just to be wrapped up. It didn’t feel substantial enough for us to have read about it throughout the book.  It could’ve just been eliminated from the plot altogether as it didn’t add anything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Domestic abuse

malloryhill10's review

mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking and Infertility

nurseann7161's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Murder, Body shaming, Death, Terminal illness, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage and Infertility