Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

55 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I'd wanted to read an excellent thriller, and this is the one.  This book had an interesting protagonist, excellent pacing, helpful flashbacks, and a terrific ending.  I thoroughly enjoyed this, even if it kept me up late.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

caityg22's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

khucc's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent

Moderate: Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Alcohol

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

4.25

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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   When the mysterious Mr. Smith asks Evie to do a job, she has to do it. But what is he up to on this particular job? And who is Mr. Smith?
   I enjoyed this book quite a bit and didn't guess who Mr. Smith was. I thought it was one person, but thankfully the author went in another direction.
   I do wish we had more of her friends and colleagues. I liked them more than Evie, to be honest. I liked the dual timeline as it kept me engaged with the book and interested in the storyline.
  I did figure out what was going on with the death before it was revealed, though not why she did it, so that part was a bit predictable, along with predicting the final "twist".

Narrator Rating: 4.5 stars
  The narrator did an excellent job with the book. With the tonal shifts for emotions and characters especially.

Extra ratings:  Fluff - NA   Heartfelt -2/5   Helpful-3/5   Horror -NA    Inspiration -NA    Love aka Romance- 2/5   Mystery -3/5   Predictability -2.5/5    Spice -0.5/5    Suspense -2/5  Tear- 1/5   Thrill -4/5    Humor-0.5/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Violence, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Terminal illness, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder