Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Wife Between Us: The First Four Chapters by Sarah Pekkanen, Greer Hendricks

71 reviews

frantically's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

damn the plottwists just kept coming huh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Stalking, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty

cameran923's review against another edition

mysterious 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

Moderate: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion

kimveach's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

While the twists were good, the book seemed to drag a bit for a thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Abortion

Minor: Abortion

tatiannaskye's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I’ve had this book sitting on my bookshelf for more than a year now and finally after all this time I decided to pick it up and read it. Part One of the book was pretty easy to guess what was going on. Part Two I was confused. And Part Three put everything into perspective and when I say everything I mean everything. Overall it was an okay book not as great as the anonymous girl but still good nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Just a lot of domestic and mental abuse as well as terrible backstory’s.

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

allisonmaclaury's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

emmacb's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.0

Took me a LONG time to get into. Like, I read the first 50 pages and then didn't pick it up for another 2 weeks! Once I got going again though, I did enjoy it.

First twist was great - I did not see the 'nellie and Vanessa are the same person' thing coming but it totally made sense when it came. But the twists with the 'therapist' also being an ex partner, Emma almost sticking with Richard, and whatever the heck was going on with the sister not so much - they were fine, but not the same 'wow' moment for me... And the final thing with who Emma was just felt unnecessary, and honestly kind of left a sour taste at the end of the book for me.

Twists can be good, but this ended up feeling a bit like overkill.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Abortion

gloriazthompson's review against another edition

slow-paced

Soooo slow. Was just waiting for this one to end. A boring domestic thriller with a main character who has a drinking problem. 🙄 Nothing about the reveals was thrilling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol

skrafty's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

slimywyrm's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Sexual content