Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Tell Me Lies by J.P. Pomare

6 reviews

sophiemartin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual content, Murder, Death, Suicide, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Alcoholism, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infidelity, Stalking, Self harm, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

scytheria'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

2.0

Major inconsistencies in the plot, it's like it was abridged. Clued in within the first 20 minutes that the writer must be a man. The main character is terrible

and I don't mean anything explainable by her reveal at the end, I mean how is it possible she wouldn't immediately connect the name Schultz on "Cormac's" payment to Peter, it's not like she had forgotten all about it, she was thinking about it all the time! Not to mention the 3pm appointment becoming 10am. It seems like it was maybe supposed to imply he saw her more times than what is included in the story but they picked up their conversation from the prior appointment. It would have been better if more appointments not discussed had happened because she saw him in her office, what, three times before she decided to compromise her career and family for a guy young enough to be her son?

This book needed a (different) editor. I have no idea how it's so highly rated on Audible, it has like 4.5 stars there. At least it was free on there. I finished it out of spite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Self harm, Confinement, Mental illness, and Suicide

eviethebookworm's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism

delfinmac's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcoholism

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Kidnapping, Stalking, Mental illness, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

gabygmtz's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Hubo muchos momentos donde tenía que pausar y procesar todo lo que estaba pasando. Está lleno de emociones y estaba completamente tensa de principio a fin con temor a qué pasaría.
El plot-twist fue un poco (muy) predecible pero eso hizo que lo disfrutara menos. Pero definitivamente no me esperaba la revelación del último capítulo. Sigo pensando y procesando todo lo que pasó.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Stalking, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, and Infidelity