Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

5 reviews

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

A good book. I enjoyed it, didn’t see the twist coming and I wanted to find out more. I liked the dual perspectives in this book too. That helps keep me interested! But I doubt I’d read it again and it’s one of her more forgettable ones compared to the others I’ve LOVED and rated 5 stars (ward D, the teacher, the housemaid and housemaids secret). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Confinement, Blood, Child death, Torture, Gore, Animal death, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical content, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Death, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder

shayduhrae's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Welp, I didn't see that coming in the best kind of way. What ever you thing is going to happen, is wrong and I love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Mental illness, and Stalking

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

There's something about this that is off that's why I deducted a star. But, I liked how fast paced and exciting this is. The characters were sick and delusional which was interesting. The narrator was unreliable! Lol. I hate when that happens; why are you lying to me? 😝 Anyway, this was fun.✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Confinement, Death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.75

This was a good one! I thought it was kind of slow but had so many smaller plots within the big plot that it kept my interested. Oh my goodness the ending was something I never saw coming! I kept trying to figure out the twist but never imagined what actually happened, even though after I found out, it seemed obvious! It was a very sinister ending… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Stalking, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Violence, Vomit, and Torture

readerrants's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, and Death