Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Petlik tõde by Colleen Hoover

130 reviews

annabulkowski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Gaslighting, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Child abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, and Medical trauma

kendrakeuler's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

This book was incredible easy to read and kept me on my toes despite the fact I guessed one of the major plot twists. This book also Low-key gave me anxiety but overall a complex incredible thriller (and this is coming from someone who only really reads fantasy dystopian and romance novels because I don’t like crime mystery or thriller) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Abortion, Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Car accident, and Gaslighting

Minor: Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Medical trauma, Body horror, Child death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Medical content

lillystahl's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Abortion, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

just_klaudia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

elizaxa's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Death, Alcohol, Vomit, Violence, Grief, Cursing, Cancer, Abortion, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Child death, Child abuse, and Car accident

the_jessmarie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

So if you're not a thriller/suspense reader and you want something to dip your toes into that genre or you're new to it and you want a fast and entertaining read, definitely recommend this. If not then you probably won't like it. I'm not entirely new to thrillers but still new enough to where the weak points in the plot didn't bother me. I wanted a fast read that was totally engrossing and I would want to get through quickly and I got exactly what I wanted. 
There are plot holes, unlike able character, graphic child abuse, and way too much sex for my liking but I was still enthralled. Not sure if I'll read anything else from this author since contemporary romance isn't really my thing, but I definitely had fun with this book and enjoyed not having tk think too hard about the book, haha. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Alcohol

shubh_reads_constantly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

Meh 😕 This one was just not for me. I have heard a lot of people raving about this book. How good this book is and how shocking the ending is. So I thought I'll give it a shot. And it was an "ok" read for me. This book did keep me on the edge of my seat and at one point I thought this was going to be a five star read. It was a five star read until the very last chapter. Until the "twist" happened. And that was the nail in the coffin. I DID NOT LIKE THAT TWIST / REVEAL !!!!! It was soooooo..... BAD!!!! All that tension and build up gone to waste. So anyway it was a ⭐⭐⭐ book for me. Hope my next CoHo read would be better than this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Murder, Death, Grief, and Cursing

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Cancer, and Terminal illness

kaireading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Child death, Murder, and Abortion

Moderate: Abandonment, Vomit, Sexual content, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Cancer, Medical trauma, Grief, Cursing, Confinement, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Body shaming, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Medical content, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Very graphic and insensitive description of sensitive topics including but not limited to child murder, eating disorders, vomiting/emetophobia, miscarriage, violence/child violence, mental illness, sex, language.

valotriariley's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Child death, Murder, Death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol

megan_j's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Spoilers throughout -
I did enjoy this, however I was expecting a big A HAH moment at the end - which never really came for me. The main twist was the unreliable narrator, but this is a mystery where we will never figure out the truth, which leaves it open for the reader’s interpretation. For me, I think she was psychotic, but I’d be interested in hearing why others would think otherwise. I never really grew a connection to the characters, lowen and Jeremy just didn’t really do anything for me and I didn’t really care about what happened to them. I’d been putting off reading this for a while because everyone said it was really scary, and while it was tense and a very creepy I didn’t find it scary - more disturbing. I don’t often read mystery thrillers though and I enjoyed Colleen hoovers simple writing as I always do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Infidelity, Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Animal death and Confinement