Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

15 reviews

ashley_turch's review

lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity and Cancer

Minor: Homophobia

futureofmydays's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Chronic illness, War, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, and Grief

danicam's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Stalking

Moderate: Chronic illness

jessicaludden's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

3.0

“Being nice is a good thing. You can be strong and nice. You don’t have to be one or the other.”

I didn’t particularly love or hate this. It was kinda d of just there. It felt a little bland and I didn’t really care much about the characters and them ending up together. There were funny and cute moments.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

weirdfi's review

dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Wanted to read the book before watching the show and finally got to it.

I expected a cutesy rom com and it was a bit more boring and nitty gritty for the first half and double the adventure for the second! Both main characters were so much more flawed than expected and real, which was nice. And I've been going through a shift workers theme romance in my books as currently I do shift work so I got that little thrill from this.

It was still a quick read though even with the unexpected darker themes, if anyone avoids themes search for warnings before hand.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

atamano's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Abandonment, Confinement, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Terminal illness

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Vomit

vas_17's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Misogyny, Racism, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Infidelity, and Fatphobia

missgray's review

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Body shaming, Cursing, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Terminal illness

wilybooklover's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

Despite covering some very heavy topics (wrongful imprisonment, emotional abuse and gaslighting, hospice care), this was such a soft and heartwarming story. My heart is so full after reading this. I loved the modern take on an epistolary romance without relying on texts or email. I thought they met at exactly the right moment without dragging it out too much or killing the tension too soon. 

Leon and Tiffy were amazing and I absolutely loved them. They felt real and flawed and were adorable together. Leon is now one of my favourite heroes ever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Confinement, Mental illness, Violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment, Cancer, War, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Racism

theirgracegrace's review

emotional funny inspiring slow-paced

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

4.25

The Flatshare was my book club's first book of 2023 and I will say that I was not initially thrilled with the idea of a romance novel. That was shattered when I actually started reading it! The characters are loveable and real in a very millennial way, the "arrangement" in the heart of the plot is a bit on the nose, and the subplots are where a lot of the most interesting action happens. The "side" plot of Tiffy's

gaslighting and abuse by Justin

caught me off guard, as it reasonably would, and became the most emotionally charged part of the book for me. All in all, an incredible work and one I will love to reread!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Medical content, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cursing, Sexual content, Alcohol, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Racism, Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Violence

Minor: Death, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Child death, and Dementia