Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

17 reviews

ripxw's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Murder

Minor: Bullying and Suicide attempt

bookishgoob's review

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

4.25

Sager’s work is so confusing to me. he can write incredible stories and he can write terrible stories with good ideas. this happened to be an incredible story. i could be biased because i LOVE summer camp horror stuff but i was intrigued the entire time. The plot twist was so interesting. I still have a slight problem with the way he write women sometimes but i did enjoy this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Torture, and Violence

faygof9's review

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

riella_reads's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

 This is soooo close to being a 4, but the beginning was just a little too slow for me. I liked this a lot more than I thought I would due to some of the reviews, but I think that helped me have low expectations. I thought I had it all figured out, and I did in part, but ultimately I was still left surprised. I have now read all of Sager's work except from his most recent release, which I hope to read soon! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, and Toxic friendship

hapalyn's review

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Terminal illness

alchemy's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Death, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, and Bullying

Minor: Violence, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Cancer, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

horizonous's review against another edition

slow-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

2.0

Not bad, but just plain boring..

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Suicide attempt

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