Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong

6 reviews

caitlynes91's review

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective 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

Adored this! Might become a 5 star after sitting with it ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Mental illness

Moderate: Murder and Suicide

Minor: Vomit, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping

zenzi2read's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Vomit and Excrement

bookmarkie's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Stalking, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Racism, Confinement, and Vomit

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

This was so amazingly written and constructed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicide attempt, Excrement, Blood, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, Grief, Stalking, and Suicide

Moderate: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Classism, and Gun violence

Minor: Car accident and Cancer

kmsander4's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I have mixed feelings about reviewing Liar, Dreamer, Thief.

On the one hand, I really struggled to get into this book. The first 50 pages or so felt like a real slog. Katrina kept slipping in and out of her "dream world" and I was having to contend with paragraphs explaining geometry to me. I left geometry back in school. I couldn't figure out what it was doing in a book that was described as a page-turning thriller.

Then, all of a sudden, it turned. The twists started to appear. Characters started to become shadier and shadier, fewer things were adding up, clues kept leading Katrina all over the place. Now, the pages were really turning. I wanted to see where this was going. I began to understand Katrina's dream world. I even realized the purpose of the geometry talk as it guided me through the evolving storyline that quickly become more twisted and convulted.

The ending? Well, I saw some of it coming but certainly not all of it. Clues that I thought were being dropped for me to connect, turned out to be big fat red herrings. And who doesn't love a good red herring?

So, in short, yes, the first chunk feels a bit tedious but once you push through it, the thriller really shines!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Stalking, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Murder and Vomit

Minor: Gun violence, Violence, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Car accident, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Cancer

lettuce_read's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Blood, Suicide, Mental illness, Vomit, and Stalking

Minor: Cancer