Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

55 reviews

rharris86dc's review

dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

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

nadias_littlelibrary's review

challenging 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

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