Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

15 reviews

andtheotherstars's review

mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Murder, Incest, and Fire/Fire injury

starrygoldeneyes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, and Toxic relationship

lybrarie's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was alright, but it definitely wasn't my favourite of McManus' books. I felt like the pace was quite slow and everything seemed to happen in the last few chapters - which I normally wouldn't mind so much but the reveal in this book didn't feel very satisfying. It didn't really feel like there was much foreshadowing for the main twist in the book, which I normally love being able to look back on and see what I missed. There was some foreshadowing, but not for the biggest parts of the ending. I was also very uncomfortable with the relationship in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

Minor: Car accident and Racism

whysomanysams's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Car accident, Dementia, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity

sallysimply's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Another fun ride from Karen M. McManus! This time with an inheritance and (probably too many) mentions of incest.

I read this in one sitting, which is to be expected when I pick up one of McManus’ books. There is something about her writing that I really vibe with. And while I wasn’t nearly as invested in the mystery of this as I was in the One of Us books, I enjoyed the main characters more.

The ending also fell a bit flat for me. There was a complete lack of tension once the story started getting resolved, so those last couple of “reveals” (if we can even call them that - starting with the phone call) felt unnecessary.

Overall, though, this was a great time and a solid way to spend a Saturday.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Dementia, and Miscarriage

Minor: Car accident