Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Faithful Place by Tana French

18 reviews

ultramariikka's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Alcoholism, and Bullying

merri217's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death, and Addiction

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Violence, and Addiction

Moderate: Homophobia, Car accident, Child abuse, Body shaming, Gore, Medical content, Suicide, Blood, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity

salma__m's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder

wildautumnchild's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

savvylit's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

In 2020, I read five of Tana French's books back to back. This is the first of her novels that I have read since and reminded me exactly why I enjoyed her thrillers so much back then. French excels at creating psychological tension and three-dimensional characters. In addition to being an author, French is an actress and it shows. The cinematic quality of her mysteries makes me feel immersed in a detective show. It makes total sense that her novels have been adapted for television!

About Faithful Place in particular - while I liked it, I had a few issues with it. First, I just didn't particularly like the main character, Frank. He was an asshole throughout and didn't really have much of a redemption. Everyone in his life gave him a lot of grace but he just kept acting bullishly. Second, there were two mysterious deaths in this novel and I don't think that the second one was properly solved. At the novel's conclusion, it's implied to have been solved but there's never a true explanation. Generally, I don't mind ambiguity in books. However, when the first murder was so neatly solved and explained in detail, I would hope for the same insight into the second murder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Violence and Classism

cole_louise's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

Very slow burn, wasn't sure about it at first and didn't get into it as quickly as the other Dublin books, but really enjoyed the different pace and plot development! If anyone is struggling I'd say definitely stick with it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

jennymcwhinnie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Super slow, and fairly predictable. Very little setting depth (what I usually enjoy from Tana French) and the characters are revealed through flashbacks. Not really a mystery, more of a family drama or “dark family secret” book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

raekit's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

This is very much in the "flawed and rough detective who is smart but doesn't follow the rules" trope. And sometimes I just love that trope. It was not as sexist as some of the ones I've read in the past but it also wasn't wildly progressive or genre-breaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Domestic abuse

tamsinlynn21's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism