Reviews with content warning for Pregnancy - Lieg nooit

Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Lieg nooit by Freida McFadden

242 reviews

authorjjmarshall's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

When newlyweds Ethan and Tricia go house hunting in inclimate weather, they find themselves trapped in a home for sale. But who's home? None other than psychiatrist Dr. Adrienne Hale, who went missing 3 years beforehand.
Tricia believes they aren't alone in the house, and when clues begin to pop up that she might be right, she stops at nothing to figure out the truth. But sometimes the truth is sticky and lands you in situations you were never meant to be in.

This was so fun! I thought I knew the twist, and I was partially correct, but I never saw the others coming! I'm giving it 4 stars! I was entertained the entire time!

Content Warnings

raesapiga_'s review against another edition

5.0

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

Content Warnings

melissa__reads's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Content Warnings

ashleycmms's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Content Warnings

matildag00's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I'm a bit torn about this one

I enjoyed the ending but in the same way it comes with some more questions and problems set previously in the book. I was shocked, absolutely but that doesn't mean I'm head over heels for it. I was also kind of dreading picking up this book over and over again and I just "had" to finish it which is not a good feeling. The 60-100% mark went by really fast and I was interested in seeing how it wrapped up and I do enjoy "how" it ends and what that means for our "villain" but like I said, I'm not without questions and this left me wondering a bit more than I want.

I would definitely check out another book from this author however since I know she's a tiebreaker in the community.

Content Warnings

illusen's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I don't usually go for thrillers, but the secluded nature of this book made it easier for me to compartmentalize it. Overall, I recommend this book, even though there were a few distracting plot holes. I can't really say much more without giving it away other than I recommend the audiobook. Most of the dialogue is inner character monologue, which makes an audible voice helpful while reading.

If you're willing to suspend your disbelief for this book, I would give it a try.

~~~Spoiler Time~~~

The biggest plot hole that got me was Adrienne getting so upset about EJ filming her slash someone's tires. I would be more concerned that EJ was following me. I don't think a video of you damaging someone's property would "end your career". She's a woman of means: she could have hired a lawyer and a publicist and she would have been fine. If my psychiatrist slashed someone's tires and apologized for it, I don't think it would be as big of a deal as the book made it out to be. Was it a bad thing to do? Absolutely, but not life ruining. She would maybe get hit with a misdemeanor, especially if it was only one tire and cost less than $500.

I was trying to guess the ending by thinking Ethan was just EJ (the same first initial I think), so the twist really got to me. I think it was cool that he was somewhat involved because her mother was a former patient, so no one was really blameless in this situation (other than Luke, I guess). This book was an amazing exploration in "what if the bad guys actually win?" I loved the concept.

Content Warnings