Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

40 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

bringmybooks's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.25

Bring | ✨Borrow✨ | Bypass

Review: Um. WHAT. That was ... wild? and ... weird? and ... addictive? but ... wow? Filled with tons of tension + lots of twists, only about half of which I'd guessed. This was my first Freida McFadden, and I know she's a bit of a divisive author but I'm not entirely sure why (maybe because they're really formulaic?). I don't necessarily know if I'd pick up another one, but there's a fair amount on Kindle Unlimited, and I imagine if I found myself in a bit of a book slump I wouldn't be adverse to picking one of these up hoping I couldn't put it down!
 

Overall Rating: ★★★★ / 4.38 
 
Rating each element of the book out of 5★ 
Characters ★★★★ 
Atmosphere ★★★★ 
Writing ★★★ 
Plot ★★★★ 
Intrigue ★★★★★ 
Logic ★★★★ 
Enjoyment ★★★ 
Pacing ★★★★★ 
Dialogue ★★★ 

★ did not like / ★★ it was okay / ★★★ liked it / ★★★★ really liked it / ★★★★★ loved it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Infidelity, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Gore, Murder, Confinement, Stalking, Death of parent, and Vomit

luna_98's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

the plot twist WENT CRAZY omg 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Stalking and Confinement

parkerknoll's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

3.25

Freaky as hell thanks 

A “genius” psychopath that doesn’t know antibiotics negate birth control…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Car accident, Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Gore

bloo_0's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

bellebookstitch666's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

I confess that it took me a while to get into the story because of the characters. However, the plot twist was worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Mental illness

Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Cursing

Minor: Pregnancy

alyssams884'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Stalking, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Toxic relationship

goldsbuc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual harassment, Vomit, Car accident, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Child death, and Alcohol

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

The MC thinking she was a silly girl over and over was a little annoying for me. And I found it a bit repetitive. But the end popped it up a quarter-point for me. I thought the plotting was well-done, but the writing wasn't as strong. Also, how was the MC so dumb about

what you can eat as a pregnant person??

I also have a big pet peeve where a fact is in the book that I can google and it seems like the author did not. If the MC ate something at, let's say, 6 pm at the latest, (how much later than like 5 pm would a realtor be meeting for a showing?), then the food would be fully digested by about 9:30 am the next morning. She couldn't throw that up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, Confinement, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gaslighting and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content and Drug abuse

dblue236's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I thought I had this all figured out by a third of the way through it and fancied myself the smartest person alive... only to turn out to be almost entirely wrong. I'm holding on to the tiny shred of dignity I have left because I was kind of in the ballpark. This author hasn't disappointed me yet, and while her books aren't necessarily rampant with realism, I enjoy the hell out of them and always look forward to starting a new one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Mental illness, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Rape, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Car accident, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol