Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes

2 reviews

ran_sophia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book has a wonderful writing style and an interesting story with a twist at the end.  I also liked the two main characters Jennifer and Ellie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and War

Minor: Death of parent

walskishere's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

This is an instance where I accidentally watched the movie before reading the book. Boy do I regret that. The book is lightyears better, and the movie cut out a lot of important plot/character points. But this is about the book, not the movie, so I'll move swiftly on.

This book was complicated in the best way. I didn't feel like there were any extraneous details--every one mattered. This story was crafted beautifully. The only thing bad I have to say, is that

I wish we had gotten more of a reunion of Jennifer and Anthony. I feel like after all they went through, leaving them in the park holding each other without anything else blue balled me a little (blue ovaried???).

I would highly recommend this book. The only people I wouldn't recommend it to is people that have an issue with cheating plot lines, since there's a lot of cheating and a good portion of the plot is based off of it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse