Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

18 reviews

aklovekorn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

zarhara's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Alcoholism, Grief, Colonisation, Death of parent, Classism, Alcohol, and Abandonment

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

sustainably_lucia's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I have nothing bad to say about this book except that I need the sequel immediately! I don’t want to wait till November to find out what happens. (I have issues with the dubious morality of some of the characters but that’s a me thing, the characters are excellently written.) The setting and writing are beautiful. The characters are diverse and complex. The plot is twisty and surprising. The beginning is a bit slow but it picks up. The ending is intense.

I liked the soft magic and thought it added a nice layer to the world and the story. I loved the historical aspects as well. I’m not familiar with Egyptian history but I appreciated the respect that Ibanez shows to their people and culture.

If you like Egypt, magical objects, intrigue, adventure, dangerous secrets, and witty banter, you’ll enjoy this book. The audiobook is excellent and the physical copy includes some beautiful illustrations. I haven’t stopped thinking about this book since I finished it a few days ago. I’m still recovering from that ending and going back over every detail trying to piece it together. I have some theories and I’m praying for a happy ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Minor: Murder, Infidelity, Alcoholism, and Kidnapping

kbowles24's review

adventurous mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Abandonment, Colonisation, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Racism, War, Murder, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Violence

schweibertsm's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This is a mysterious and fascinating story about a young woman, her family and Egypt. The author does a great job painting the scenery and the story is elaborate. I felt like there was too much and I'm undecided whether I want to read the 2nd book and conclusion to the story. I'm wondering if maybe this type of book isn't quite my cup of tea

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Infidelity

leopardsheetcake's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Colonisation, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Animal death, Misogyny, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Vomit

teaandtbr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infidelity

kimmer99's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.25

You can read my thoughts here: https://www.whatireallythink.net/what-the-river-knows/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Torture and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Infidelity

amandafitz's review

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Addiction, Cultural appropriation, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexism, Violence, Colonisation, Confinement, and Infidelity

sunny_bumblebee's review

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Racism, Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Infidelity, Death, Torture, Sexism, Misogyny, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Confinement and Abandonment