Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

64 reviews

teatimewtrisha's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Rape, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident

elenatamsen's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Miscarriage

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Infertility, Medical content, and Miscarriage

hmserm's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Infertility, and Gaslighting

alysereadsbooks's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

1.5

I wanted to love this book, but I really, really didn’t. I’m trying to explore outside of my normal genre preferences, but this just wasn’t my favorite. 

The main action is really the last 20 pages or so, and while the twist with Claire/Taylor/Amber was gripping, it was very hard to keep track of who was who and who did what. Maybe this was intentional to mirror Amber’s confusion, but it was jarring and difficult to read. It felt like the author was trying hard to make the ending surprising. I had a hard time finishing this. I didn’t find the character of Amber likable, so I didn’t feel invested in her story. Part of that was intentional with the diary entries, but really overall was not my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Stalking, Rape, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

annakurnot's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Stalking, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Infertility

Minor: Cancer

ekmoore11's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Rape, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying and Infertility

Minor: Cancer

kaci422's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, and Stalking

kellymy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

Still not sure. I’m left wanting to compare notes with other readers. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Stalking, and Emotional abuse

sarahjackman's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Totally hooked the whole time, but it was also a LOT of thriller type twists. Would have been just as good, probably better, with a few less. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Stalking

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence