Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Fear by Natasha Preston

3 reviews

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Gore, Stalking, Kidnapping, Murder, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

First, hated the ending.

It felt like the author just gave up on the story, and it didn't read at all like a mysterious ambiguous choice.

Second, like the other book I read by this author, the premise is really promising, but the execution doesn't work. It doesn't seem like she knows what a meme is as opposed to a social media trend. And these kids skip school WAY too much for the current technological age. It's just not realistic. I think I need to move onto another author. Also too many people died again for me to really try to care about each one. I feel like the author gets away with not digging into deep emotion by just killing another character. So the characters have murder whiplash instead of facing their grief and fear.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a really good story. It kept me wanting to know more all the way through. It was a rollercoaster of events especially towards the end when you just want to know who the killer is already at that point. And even though the killer/ending had already been spoiled for me before reading it, I still found myself shocked by the ending as we're left with even more questions left unanswered. Despite the unanswered questions and shocking ending I think it does end just the way it should. I feel like I could contradict myself if I keep talking so I'm gonna leave this with that. I did highly enjoy this story and would definitely recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship