Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Her Dark Lies by J.T. Ellison

8 reviews

starsbyname's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, and Car accident

kyndalb's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

fraise's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Gaslighting, Blood, Stalking, Dementia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Death, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Classism, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual harassment

bxnnny's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-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

2.0

i found it to be an enjoyable read though very predictable. you feel like you should be rooting for someone, but i more so was just curious to see if there would be some sort of crazy twist or if it really was as predictable as i suspected. no crazy twist, unfortunately. i tend to like locked-room mysteries as agatha christie has my heart with hers, so i think that's the main reason why i found this to be an enjoyable read for me, even though the characters were boring and i knew what the deal was immediately. the romance was strange as i had a hard time believing they were willing to get married having not had any previous conversations about kids (and they seemed to want different things) or their backgrounds at all, it seems. it made me wonder what they even really knew about each other at all to love each other enough to get married. the main girlie was giving me gold digger vibes, though the entire time she said she didn't love him for his money. thou dost protest too much? i do wish there had been more twists and turns but i found the book enjoyable regardless. sometimes a book can be mediocre and you can still like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

tjshack's review against another edition

dark medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, and Gun violence

uhhlexiconic's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Compulsively readable, but let down by its strange changes in point of view and an increasingly nonsensical conclusion, Her Dark Lies is a largely enjoyable thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

oliviarosewr's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Blood and Car accident

thrillofthepage's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, and Grief