Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

55 reviews

frootjoos's review

dark emotional tense medium-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

This was stressful as hell (tw: infertility and miscarriage, sexual assault) but I enjoyed it too. Told from the POV of a woman in a coma, it flips back and forth in time to the days leading up to a car accident and a traumatic event (think SWF) when she and her best friend were young. 

I can't wait for the next one. I think it especially helps that Stephanie Racine reads her audiobooks.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Bullying, Miscarriage, Stalking, and Infertility

Minor: Toxic friendship and Car accident

emilylikesbread's review

dark tense slow-paced

2.75

This one was just okay for me. Some of the twists didn’t really make sense. Or they just felt like twists for the sake of being twists. I think it got a bit confusing trying to follow the storyline and characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit and Stalking

shainabriley's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Death, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

katiemhuang's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Sexual violence, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

kproctor2's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, and Rape

sadiedavisn's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Stalking

amberinbookland's review

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Grief, Death, Confinement, Rape, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Medical content, Infertility, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Car accident, Pregnancy, Murder, and Mental illness

kab1989's review

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Stalking

aoliv__25's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

First time in a while I've not anticipated the twists in a thriller. I was very happy when the initial tropes started to fall away. I get that some people don't like how complicated the plot gets but I much prefer a thriller that verges on unbelievable than something mundane! 
Not sure it needed such graphic depictions of SA, and personally didn't love a little cliffhanger ending for a stand alone. Otherwise, very strong 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Death, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault

sara824's review

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent