Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Faithful Place by Tana French

18 reviews

emily_morg's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

My first Tana French novel..so good. I don’t think the reveal surprised me that much but the build up to it with the back stories and family dynamics was complex and well done. Her writing was excellent, the Irish jargon and phrases were so natural

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Murder, and Alcoholism

stellarya's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia

katrinasherise's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Suicide

jodunn_'s review

dark mysterious slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder

emilykmaloney's review

dark tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction

shelby1994's review

challenging dark funny tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Everyone else needs to stop writing jaded detective stories because no one can do it like Tana French and as a society we just need to accept that and move on. 
Going into Faithful Place (#3 in the Dublin Murder Squad), I tempered my expectations a bit because I had heard that the mystery in this one takes a back seat to the family drama. But after finishing this, it turns out who needs a detailed mystery when you have so much GENERATIONAL TRAUMA to unpack? Not your girl!  Y'all know I live for a messy family story, and this delivers that in spades.  Plus, Tana continues to capture pre-Great Recession Irish class dynamics in a way that (IMO) clearly paved the road for Sally Rooney to do her thing in Normal People. 
Like most of French's mysteries, content warnings are in abundance, but I would particularly highlight CWs for domestic abuse in this one - maybe stay clear of this particular installment if that's a trigger for you. 
Also, you can read this book as a standalone!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

meganelise's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

tawallah's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• 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: Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism