Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Everyone Here Is Lying: A Novel by Shari Lapena, Shari Lapena

33 reviews

daniofthewood's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Confinement, Gaslighting, Stalking, Kidnapping, Ableism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Blood, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use

jennabailey's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Infidelity, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

stephaniezd's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I wish I liked this book a lot more than I do. As soon as I realized what was going on, I knew what was going to happen, just not how - and I REALLY and TRULY hate that for me because this was a fun book to listen to, and really well written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Infidelity, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder

lcamp2780's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Death

ecjl's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping

Moderate: Domestic abuse

atjude's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

0.25

If you like victim blaming and holding children accountable for the way adults abuse them, you’ll love this. There’s also a healthy dose of ableism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Ableism

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Confinement

princess_marie's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Kidnapping, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It had me intrigued but the writing style made me quite detached from the characters and it felt a bit unrealistic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Ableism

mcclapper's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

2 stars because the first two thirds of the book kept me interested, but once the "twist" occurred, it all fell apart for me. 

The major players were woefully unlikeable except for poor Michael. Avery was absolutely deplorable; no 9 year old would ever have the cognitive ability to act or talk the way she did. It was just completely unrealistic especially

her interactions with Marion.

And I felt like we could've learned more about Gully, but the author was more concerned with moving the plot forward than character development. 

As for the ending, I was disappointed and felt like it was rushed. It made zero sense to me. I don't understand why the parents would ever agree to

Avery doing an interview, especially when they didn't want anything to do with the press.

You are the parent! Parent your

psychopath!

Ugh. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity and Child abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse

katom513's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

A solid 3.75. Oh gosh. This is my second Shari Lapena book and the way she makes her characters just SOOOO dislike-able. Fucking skills there. I deadass want to give this book a 1 star because fuck the characters but also the plot? Ma’am. Shari. Ma’am. It’s well written. Just like how you’ll hate a character in a show or a movie, but that just shows what an amazing actor the person is. 

Anyways. LOL what a dumpster fire I read. It was a great dumpster fire that kept me warm. 😂

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse