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* DeadHandShot: We get one of these as Katie has a flashback to her escape from Kevin, though it turns out he was merely unconscious.
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* ActionizedAdaptation: In the book, Erin/Katie spends months planning her escape from Kevin, right down to every possible detail and quietly slips away when he goes away on a business trip, whereas in the movie, she abruptly runs away following a fight, barely escaping him at the bus station.
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Kevin quotes the Bible relentlessly throughout his portions of the book as he internally chastises Erin/Katie for leaving him, then himself for cheating on her, then back to her for technically cheating on him with Alex, even offering up several Old Testament quotes about how they have to die for committing adultery m
* CatharticChores: Despite having essentially lived in squalor since Erin/Katie left him (because MenCantKeepHouse and he's a sexist jerk who believes that it's the woman's job to do so), Kevin goes on a cleaning frenzy after cheating on her, both out of guilt over his actions and because of his warped belief that doing so will make her come back.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Kevin, in the novel, given his near constant Bible-quoting, all while he's an abusive husband. In particular, he likes to quote Ephesians 5:22, "Wives, submit to your husbands [...]", while conveniently disregarding the second following verse, "Husbands, love your wives [...]"
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Kevin, in the novel, given his near constant Bible-quoting, all while he's an abusive husband. In particular, he likes to quote Ephesians 5:22, "Wives, submit to your husbands [...]", while conveniently disregarding the second following verse, "Husbands, love your wives [...]"]". He's also ready to kill Erin/Katie for her adultery with Alex yet somehow doesn't believe ''he'' deserves the same penalty for his, even after fully admitting how wrong it was.
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** In the movie, it's pouring rain when Erin/Katie flees Boston, but beautiful and sunny when she arrives in Southport.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: To most Sparks works, with DomesticAbuse being a theme. And even though a character dying is par for the course, this one is outright killed, albeit in self-defense.
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** Katie/Erin and then Lexie are apparently being approached from behind by Kevin, as implied by the use of MurdererPOV. It turns out Katie is being approached by Jo (and in a dream at that), while Lexie is being approached by Katie/Erin, who was looking for her after she wandered off.
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* GilliganCut: While out on the lake in the middle of a beautiful and sunny day, Katie/Erin asks Alex "Do you feel that?". He says "No", but the next shot is of them struggling to bring the boat in in the midst of a rainstorm.
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The trope isn't about literal ghosts. It's also already covered by others here.
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* TheGhost: In line with DeadAllAlong above and played straight, without suggestions of it [[DoingInTheWizard being all in character's heads.]] [[spoiler: Jo is actually Alex's late wife.]]
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* MaritalRapeLicense: A variation in the book when Kevin makes advances to Erin soon after hitting her in order to make amends. She goes along with it only to avoid further violence and avoid making him suspicious about her plans to escape, but it's pretty awful to read how she pretends that her moans of pain are actually of pleasure and how relieved she is when he finally stops.
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* {{Irony}}: Kevin and Erin met when he saved her from being raped by a group of thugs. She told him that he made her feel "safe". . . and she ends up anything but that, suffering through four years of an abusive marriage.
