Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Playing Nice by JP Delaney

15 reviews

katyannreads's review against another edition

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3.0


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tenjusahari's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I liked this book a lot. It was full of difficult conflicts that were super exciting to read. It was hard to really like any of the characters but most of them had an interesting development. 
The end was kind of surprising for me (spoiler warning): I'm not happy that Maddie killed Miles. I really hate people like Miles because he's way too dominant, egoistic, dangerous and without any emotions but what Maddie did is just an act of self-justice and I can't morally agree with that. But I'm still kind of happy with the end because it feels like the kids are alright. At least I hope so.

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peachtease's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring 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

3.0


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vivisms_82's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Marvellous domestic thriller. Could not put this book down. Found it messy and clever. Miles is
one of the most devious, diabolical characters I have come across in a long time!!)
The only thing that bugged me was why
didn't the police see that every time Miles felt crossed, someone got hit by a car!!! Like several people. No CCTV at any of the places??! Also they did background checks on Pete and Maddie but not him??
 

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blueyogi's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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amydrisc's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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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lynchca's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5


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ms3333's review against another edition

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emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5


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raysh3ll's review against another edition

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dark 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

4.0

This book was sometimes challenging for me to read because I found it so tense and uncomfortable. Overall I thought it was good, but compared to the pace of the rest of the book, the ending felt rushed. It seems like the topics the writer wrote about were well researched.


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amyspag's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

1.5


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