Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Lies Like Poison by Chelsea Pitcher

15 reviews

cyerrappa's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Body shaming

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Confinement, Death of parent, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Eating disorder

lwiggett's review against another edition

I didn’t really like any of the characters, too much to unpack and too many sub plots I could see building. I didn’t like the writing style either, or understand the splitting of the book into 3 parts when it ending up going chronological with flashbacks anyways despite the splitting. Also within the different parts you would think that it would follow the POV of the person that each parts “truth” related to but it kind of bounced all over the place. Overall just not my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, and Gun violence

reading_with_megan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Body shaming

em_of_swags's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

the ending was so sweet

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Grief, Eating disorder, Death, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Transphobia and Homophobia

aspectsofamber's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Kidnapping

kateelissa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death of parent

claresbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

3.5 out of 5 stars. 

Be gay do crimes. 

This book was a rollercoaster. For once, when I thought I had certain plot points figured out the author pulled the rug from under my feet and dangled a new little clue in my face as I lay on the floor dazed from the sudden upheaval.
 

It was all over the place at points, and yet somehow every last little thread tied together at the end in a nice bow as we discover that in the world of this novel there are no great parents, only a couple of good ones and then purely abusive monsters who took out their own trauma on their children. 

I'm glad I picked this one up, even though there were points where some of the characters were simply getting on my nerves for being absolutely conniving or plain stupid to the detriment of themselves. 

And I'm glad I held off of questioning online about what was going on with Jack's pronouns. Like, I understood immediately that Jack is trans, but I didn't know whether they were being misgenderd or what was going on. Glad to note that I had simply missed a minor detail and things get cleared up very neatly and this book doesn't state any gender that Jack doesn't want stated. 

Honestly, this is the queerest mystery novel I've read ever and I need more LGBTQ+ murder mysteries please.

Not the "Bury your gays" type though, screw those. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

heyitsdaliiii's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

holly_rose's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

i loved reading this book so much. the continuous twists were amazing.

i loved the instant change of pronouns when needed. the only thing i’d change is having more belle and lily scenes explaining how they got together. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Death of parent

elliejay's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Eating disorder