Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering

37 reviews

jesmardru's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Death, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Cancer, and Mental illness

cayliem's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Child death

ignited_redqueen75's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

 Too Good To Be True

One of my favorite things about a mystery book is trying to figure out the plot. Just when I think I have it all figured out and I'm loving and hating the so called villain to only then be thrown a curveball, well that is the understatement of the year with this book. 
Too Good To be True is told from 3 different Point of views that had me so hooked I couldn't just put it down, had it not been for sleep I would most likely have finished it in one sitting. This story is so unhinged full of horrible toxic types of relationship that at one point I was questioning my own marriage. If these are things you love in mystery books, I highly recommend. I know it is also listed as a thriller but it's not a jump out of your seat - Boo type of book so for me it falls more towards mystery.

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There is a Sexual Assault scene, that I understand might have been meant to make the reader uncomfortable and believe me it made me want to hurl, so read with that in mind

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⚠️ Other warnings that may be triggering for some people:
- Substance Abuse
- Mental Illness
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Death of a child

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over all this was a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ read for me and I will look into reading more books by this author.

Also Thanks to Book of The Month for having this book in their Selection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, and Sexual assault

shelf_devoted's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Solid 3 star. Story is written from three different POV's but in my opinion there's just too many outside characters on top of main characters. It was a page turner until a little past half way point it started becoming repetitive. Overall good story wasn't a huge fan of the ending. Would recommend to beginner thriller enthusiast

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death

eleyden's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

The twist!!! I did not see it coming at all. I truly couldn’t believe it. True evil. I had to stop myself from reading ahead just to find out what happened. I absolutely loved the different points of view at different times. Some of the themes are: cheating, OCD, jealousy, death of a family member and love. I did find the ending unbelievable because I could never forgive a con artist who was scamming me. But Burke, Skye and Heather will stay in my mind for awhile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent

kelsimarirobb's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Classism, Drug use, Infidelity, Stalking, Drug abuse, and Grief

curious_oyster's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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: Drug use, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Infidelity

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Cancer

ermt520's review against another edition

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Child death

ashleyaselin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

sophiafandel's review against another edition

hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Infidelity, and Child death