Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

66 reviews

readingtotravel's review

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

4.5

There are honestly no words. Such a great psychological thriller/sci-fi narrative that keeps you guessing until the end.
I will say that I am surprised out how the end played out. Like all of that suspense and drama built up for a semi-peaceful yet eerie ending. I felt like we were being built up for a battle between Martine and Evelyn. Or a bigger moment with Nathan.

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booksandteatime's review

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challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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corar's review

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

4.0


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jazhandz's review against another edition

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

3.75


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parkerluck's review

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Conceptually this is right up my alley, so I really wanted to love it. Unfortunately I found the first person POV hard to get behind, and felt like a lot of the difficult themes that were introduced didn't get the time/depth they deserved. 

The back end of the book sagged quite a bit for me especially. There wasn't enough character development to temper how roundabout the plot ended up being. The ending was too clumsily executed for me to feel... particularly moved/gutted by the cycle of abuse that ended up being perpetuated by the protag.

Maybe I'd feel differently on a re-read but overall I just... wanted more from it.

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katyjayneparker's review

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challenging emotional reflective slow-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

2.75

The storyline was slow and uninteresting, the character was slightly intriguing but I found the lack of real tension made it a very slow read. However the poigniancy of the book doesn't go unnoticed and I appreciated the difficult topics we're handled very well 

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cfell's review

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

3.75


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cammiem8's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A woman and her clone girlboss their way through hundreds of egregious ethics violations! 

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msjenne's review

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dark tense medium-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

5.0


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teresareads's review

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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? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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