Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

54 reviews

crimsonash606's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

This story is a tangled web that slowly unravels with time, leaving you hanging on small details as you're desperate for the answers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Infertility, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual violence, Abortion, Body shaming, Sexual assault, and Blood

aleilvandrea's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Stalking, Addiction, Death of parent, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Medical content, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

rachellbc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Felt way too drawn out, the plot twist didn’t really happen until like the last three chapters and it just felt rushed to make sense of everything

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Death, Drug abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Chronic illness, Grief, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

kxc319's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A fun thriller with twists and turns to keep you wondering how it’ll all work out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

danilebron's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

this book has me a little conflicted. i liked some aspects of it, but it kinda lost its’ bite towards the end. also, i feel like this book needed content warnings on the first page or something (maybe i missed them but i didn’t think so).

i feel like the extra twist at the end with emma was unnecessary, and some of the pieces in vanessa's backstory also felt unnecessary. like i think either the thing with maggie or the thing with daniel should’ve happened, i don’t think it needed both. there came a point where the “twists” just felt like okay whatever. i think the epilogue of the book kinda softens the blow of the ending. 

i liked vanessa’s character at times and i think this is in part due to the style in which the story was told. the first part of the book had me and i read that so fast. i can’t say i saw the twist at the end of the first part of the book which was nice. i liked seeing vanessa in the most sinister/unhinged/chaotic light because it really made her actions towards the end believable. once the twist at the end of part one was revealed we lost that side of her so you kinda just have to believe she would have the guts to act how she did. i wish they would’ve played more with her understanding the truth and how she mentioned there was richard’s truth, her truth and then just the truth. 

i kinda wish this book leaned a little bit more into the different women of the story being manipulative or cunning or something! it felt like those things were thrown in last minute for the other women in the story and that we only gradually got that from vanessa. 

overall not a bad read but i don’t know if id recommend
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

nuuamuikkunen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I think the beginning is a bit slow and not so good, but the plot gets more interesting after reading about 50% of the book.

It's clear to see, this book was written about women, by women. Although their actions might be stupid or weird, they aren't illogical. That's something men tend to get wrong with women.

The part where

it turned out Vanessa and Nellie are the same person, was so good! It really showed how she had changed from one person to another. They were the same, but still very different.

Also, it was great that even the very end of the book revealed new secrets.

I really liked this and I'm looking forward to reading all the other books made by Hendricks and Pekkanen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Infertility, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident and Miscarriage

salamipizza's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Car accident, Sexual content, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Classism, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Violence, Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Cursing

djackson's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Infertility, Physical abuse, and Stalking

lildawnprince's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Addiction, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Blood and Death

Minor: Abortion

katlinstirling_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Slow-paced not what I expected. Kinda gave me the housemaid vibes but a bit more twister at the end. Still enjoyed it but took me a while to read as the font was small. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Abortion, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent