Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart

22 reviews

janeblue's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

j_emerson18's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

It's slightly confusing in parts but so incredibly addicting. Read in one sitting while flying to family over the weekend. I love the reverse timeline so much. It's a rare timeline to find in literature. I love the little tie-ins throughout the book to keep different characters, motives, and plots in your mind. Seamless execution. I wish it were longer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Medical content, Murder, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Death of parent, and Mental illness

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

leah08855's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

grclnntt's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: Suicide

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

hannahs_library__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide, Stalking, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

rebeccarudisill's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.5

5 stars for narrative drive and creativity. But 0 stars for

ALL THE MURDER.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Murder, Gore, Violence, Sexual assault, Blood, and Infidelity

chronicallyplotting's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

This is my first book by this author and I must say I enjoyed her writing style and how she dives into her characters. 
I liked how it was a fast paced thriller/ mystery and not a book I had to over think. The characters were diverse and took some figuring out (in a good way). I also enjoyed getting to read in reverse; as this book is written with the big “events” in the beginning and you read back in time to find out how everything came to be as it was. 
The only cons for me was trying to remember that I was reading in reverse because sometimes you would forget and something would either not make sense (yet) or with the way they were segmented in time frames it was hard to realize things were not happening in real time. So settings and characters were hard to track for me. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Cursing, and Murder

sbbailey's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, and Suicide