Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart

8 reviews

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

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

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

daniellafrella's review against another edition

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

3.75

The way this book is written is what makes it so wonderful. It starts at the end and back tracks, revealing more and more answers and details as we travel back in time with the main character. Beautiful writing. Really a page turner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Stalking, Suicide, and Mental illness

lucychafia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I liked this book quite a bit! It was very hard to understand but that's my fault, not the books. Although the protagonist is pretty insane, i really liked reading her perspective. When I got to the end, i think there was some kind of twist but it was hard for me to understand, again probably my fault. I think I'll have to read it again. I had to have enjoyed it though cause i finished it in one sitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Death

allegrafreya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

cool how the timeline goes backwards so everything starts unravelling at the end but its all about identity theft n psycho besties.

didn't expect the plot to be like that and its not THAT interesting theres a bit of action and i got lazy to read those parts i wish it was more of her n her thoughts n like internal conflicts yk?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

kikicochrane's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This book was a quick read, I appreciated the different setup of the novel by it going from present - past - present. However, it was rather easy to figure out what would happen next in the book as the story was told backwards. E Lockhart's writing is enjoyable, but I felt that this book just felt short with the plot. The characters were unlikeable and the ending made me question the protagonists' actions more so than I already did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Stalking, and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy

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