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Petlik tõde by Colleen Hoover

50 reviews

the_disreputable_dog's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book was great. I don't really know what to think of it except that it was very dark and messed up, and I feel like anything else I might say could be a spoiler. I will say though, I thought psychological thrillers would be more like this and less like what they're actually like. Also, the romance definitely takes a back seat in this book, though it exists, and there are on page sex scenes. I would recommend this book.

The only  thing I wished would've been done that wasn't was for Lowen to have tried to explore more which of verity's writings were true, or to have had more of their lives included with Lowen trying to wither puzzle out what was true, or to cope with holding such a big secret in - that verity might have been innocent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Car accident, Child abuse, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Grief, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, and Terminal illness

joperceptions's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Violence, Car accident, Death, Murder, and Abortion

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cursing, Stalking, Blood, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

wildlifelane's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Child death, Abortion, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Child abuse, and Car accident

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Ableism, Cancer, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder

_beth_tovar_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

If you have never read a thriller before I recommend you read it. It leaves you with so.many questions. Definitely look up trigger warnings, it will leave you shocked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Sexual content, Cursing, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit and Eating disorder

kaylaaards's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Car accident, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Fatphobia

kaddl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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 abuse, Child death, Murder, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit, Blood, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

Minor: Abortion and Suicide attempt

thefatpaperback's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

dalmavatai's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.5

Wow, this book was quite a ride. I really enjoyed the book-within-a-book chapters in which we were reading Verity's autobiography, I thought that was super interesting and gripping. To be honest I found the chapters from Lowen's perspective kind of boring because she is not a very well-developed character, and not much happens in those chapters either. I did like Lowen and Jeremy's relationship and the slow-burn romance we got to witness between the two of them, though, again, I wasn't super invested because of the lack of characterization. I also liked the sexual content in this, I mostly read mystery/thrillers or YA so I don't read a lot about sex but I like it when I do, so I definitely enjoyed how graphically and frequently sex was described.

THE TWIST THOUGH!!! I did not see it coming at all, though if you go into this book knowing there is a big twist at the end you might guess it. I didn't know this book had a big twist at the end, and honestly that made for a better reading experience because I was super shocked at the conclusion of this story. I thought it was a great twist and put the whole book into a new perspective.

Overall, a VERY interesting book with slightly underdeveloped characters and a slow-burn romance that was perhaps too slow for my taste. I think I will be picking up Layla from Colleen Hoover, and I have my eye on Never Never as well!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

rebeccarudisill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Lots and lots of graphic sexual content

serena0205's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Car accident, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cancer, Ableism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia