Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Lies You Told by Harriet Tyce

2 reviews

mollywz's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

Easy to read. A lot of filler. Page 307 onwards was really good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Medical trauma

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

klpage's review

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

This wasn’t what I expected. It was a book with more than one plot to follow. Lots of dark topics relating to children I wasn’t expecting and the ending was a bit abrupt I was hoping for a little more explanation. 

It was okay overall but I’ve read better thrillers in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Death, and Drug abuse