Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering

8 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

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

brivnnv's review against another edition

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

3.0

Not great,  but not bad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, and Alcoholism

strickortreat's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.5

Two things I'm not a huge fan of in thrillers: an ending where

every single character gets some type of happy ending

and an ending where the moral of the story is spoon-fed to me instead of letting me figure it out myself. This book has both of those things and definitely suffers because of it, but on the whole it was still a pretty decent read and I was interested in the story the whole way through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Bullying, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, and Emotional abuse

kamin8882's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

omg this book was insane and soooo good !! I have been having a hard time finding a thriller that actually kept me on my toes and made me surprised and sooo invested and this did that. 

In this books there are 3 character POV- Skye, a young book editor who finally has found the man of her dreams and loves her for her, even with her extreme case of OCD. We have Burke, said man of her dreams, but he is married with 3 kids and is secretly plotting to marry Skye only for her money. and we have heather, Burkes wife, who you think is just sitting at home while her husband is out marrying another woman all innocent!! Ohhhh NOO!!! 

wow does this story has a plot twist and its a freaking good one !!

Although Burke did agree to the plan, Heather is behind all of it-- she got him fired from his job, spent more money so they would be broke, forcing Burke to participate in her plan-- make Skye fall in love with him, agree to marry him and than steal all her money and move far away. What heather doesn't account for is Burke actually falling in love with Skye and realizing what a psycho Heather is.

 

This book was definitely thrilling. I hated the characters, loved them, despised them, cared for them... I am still thinking about this story and wanting to know what happens next!! If you love domestic thrillers and some insane twists, read this book !! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer and Stalking

becksreadsbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

rachelb313's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

I rounded up to a three on this because I did enjoy about the first two thirds or so. But the final bit of the book just really annoyed me. I didn’t like where the characters went. It seemed like the reader was supposed to think everyone got a happy ending, and I think one did but the other two was very eye rolly and creepy. I thought it was cool to have some OCD representation but I think the ending didn’t really do right by that. 

We’re supposed to just think that Burke’s love just cured her OCD? Give me a break. I just hated their relationship and it spoiled the end for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Child death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Fatphobia, Ableism, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness