Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering

4 reviews

avidreader8725's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Abortion

smileyjayna's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

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

2.25

I love ghost* stories
* “ghosts” generally, not like 👻

I do not love the narrative voice (if that’s the right term for it, how it’s always “I give a strained smile” or “I jolt up in bed”) but I haven’t read anything else by Lovering so I’m guessing it was it was a choice for a thriller.

I DO like the way choices are dissected and discussed, how they do or do not belong to their characters, if that makes sense.

I like the pacing of the book overall, but I have not decided my opinion on the moments in which two characters experience the same event.

I think it was a sloppy choice to use weight as shorthand for virtue/virtue (wade, ava (to a lesser extent)).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Dementia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Incest, Classism, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Eating disorder, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Lesbophobia

hollispaige's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.5

I’m not sure where to go with this review? I think i loved this book because it really had me empathizing with the “bad guy.” Both of the main characters sucked, but the snobby one (Cassidy) sucked the most. Some aspects were not my usual read; and others were. It definitely kept me coming back, and i would totally recommend to friends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Rape, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

Minor: Body shaming, Abortion, and Infidelity

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Murder, Pregnancy, Classism, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Stalking

Minor: Infidelity, Abortion, Drug use, and Eating disorder