Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering

22 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

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

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

maggies's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

Four stars because it was a good audiobook distraction during work. But it was about 30% longer than it needed to be, unfortunately. Hard to review without being spoiler-y, so here it is:

The twists (if you're paying attention, you'll see them coming a mile away) basically stopped halfway through, and then it was just explanation for the last half. Yeah, it was entertaining and I enjoyed seeing the characters change in my estimation over the last half, but it probably didn't need to be as long to get there. Speaking of characters changing, Heather was a completely different person in the last chapter...what the heck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Bullying, Confinement, and Alcoholism

lindavs22's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Infidelity, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Cancer, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug use

reneeschauer'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Rape and Cancer

mair_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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? No

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment