Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Twisted Lies by Ana Huang

121 reviews

kierazane's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Stalking, Violence, and Gun violence

catnip159's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

WOW! Wowowow! Christian Harper is all I wanted out of Alex Volkov and didn't get! Christian is truly my second favorite man from the twisted series and this book did not disappoint. I went into this with high expectations and these expectations were met and more! I loved Stella as a character and her internal struggles were something that I resonated with, and the guessing game with the stalker and the security mole was a fun game I played through out the book (which, I guessed the mole right heck yeah).

As for plot, I loved the stalker plot and I loved the small snip bits we get of Christian's work (aka, the office scene), I even liked Christian's character and I enjoyed the fact that all four Twisted men were together in scenes, their dynamic was great and I even ended up warming up to Alex which is shocking considering I didn't like him too much in his original book. As for Stella, I really reallly liked her as the main girl, her actions made sense and I really liked her personality. Stella was honestly a wild card for me when going in because she wasn't really relevant in the other three books so I couldn't get an opinion and I'm honestly happy about that. This book was genuinely a joy and I'm so excited to start the "King of" series since the main character of the first one seems intriguing since he was also in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Torture

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This one took a little bit to get into but once I did, I really enjoyed the love story peppered with violence and crime and mystery. I adore all of the female characters in this book and their slightly less than moral men. This book kept me up far later than I should’ve been because it was addictive and interesting. The spice takes awhile to show up and is only moderate but I still enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Grief, Sexual assault, Murder, Classism, Medical content, Stalking, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Vomit

michaelat21's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

5.0

Holy hotness the main character is perfectly morally grey. The book itself was so fun to read and had characters that I feel are not typically romance book characters. The plot was also totally different than most romance books. This was my favorite main character males in a realistic romance book ever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Gun violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture

lotusenelise99's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Great spicy scenes heartfelt, however the tropes Anna huang leans against becomes quite obvious in this book. After reading all 4 they are all great pieces of  spicy romance however they all follow the same structure. It is a great quick and enjoyable read tho

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Stalking

cdoubet's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Cursing, Chronic illness, Sexism, Grief, Murder, Stalking, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Dementia, Suicide, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Gaslighting, Vomit, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Confinement, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

sbordo's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Kidnapping, Violence, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicide, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Dementia, Alcohol, Cursing, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

ireadtoomuch7453's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Gun violence

destinynichole11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, and Violence

I think this book was by far the best in the series it had a stronger more intriguing plot. There was more depth and detail to it.

rachelml's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

 

The way this story tied up the threads from previous books (I'm looking at all the people slagging off the art storyline in Hate....!) was *chefs kiss*. Christian and Stella's attraction combined with the slow burn of the first bit of action was DIVINE. Loved the last pages and the further mysteries of the final Twisted book. Bravo Ana - great series!

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Gun violence, and Kidnapping