Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart

7 reviews

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I loved the unique storytelling style! Everything is revealed backwards, with the book starting at chapter 18 and showing flashbacks that led up to Julie being in Mexico.

I didn’t always like the writing style, it could get repetitive or overly descriptive at times. The reverse timeline style also made it confusing at times and led to the ending being less than exciting. Also due to the reverse storytelling, I felt like a lot was missing or unexplained. It left me with more questions than answers and a bit underwhelmed with the plot overall.

Despite the confusion and lack of details, it was still an interesting story! Plus it makes for a quick and easy read that I’d recommend if you enjoy Lockhart’s other novels, or if you’re looking for a uniquely written mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

anahita_10's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Sexual content

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

She definitely writes mysterious stories that has me guessing until the very end! I don’t think anything will match We Were Liars, but this was a good follow up. It wasn’t as hard to predict outcomes but the end twist got me! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, Death, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

tkatt20's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

I cant decide if i liked this book or not. This is the first book I've read from this author so I didn't have any expectations going into it like many other did that read the more popular We Were Liars, but I found the writing style very unique. The book itself is written backwards, so you know the aftermath of the events before actually knowing what took place and it was nothing like I had ever read before. I was extremely confused at first and it took me a bit to get in to it, but for a book that was less than 300 pages I didn't feel rushed or overwhelmed with information, and after it started to pick up and I started learning more it began to make a lot more sense to me. I do wish it had a bit more information on the characters motives, maybe an extra chapter or 2 on her past to kind of explain why she decided to take this route. I might end up rereading this in the future now that I know what happens, I'd like to see what kind of foreshadowing the author included early on and maybe see if there were any details I missed early on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Rape, Terminal illness, and Sexual content

jameelah's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

kestrel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I really liked that the story was told backwards. I found this very interesting and original. One thing I didn't like was the the two main characters, Jule and Imogen, mainly because o didn't care about them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

Minor: Sexual content

valyn_grebe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Cursing

Minor: Terminal illness, Vomit, Stalking, Sexual content, and Death of parent