Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

7 reviews

kelisabeth's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

aruthj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Quite literally obsessed with this book. I loved it from start to finish. The ending makes me want to read it again and try to pick out little details that may have hinted at the twist. I cannot recommend this book enough

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Violence, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

emmy_likes_2_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

bringmybooks's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Bring | Borrow | ✨Bypass✨

Review: Most important thing to say here is please READ OTHER REVIEWS and don't rely on just mine because I seem to be so far in the minority on this one ... but this felt very meh :(

I liked the idea of all the flashbacks leading us to present day Evie, but eventually I kinda forgot where we were and why we were there (and why I cared). The slog during the middle was real, y'all. 

The writing wasn't bad and I definitely would pick up another thriller by this author, but with all the thrillers you can pick up in bookstores these days, this one would not be my recommendation.

Overall Rating: ★★★★ / 3.25
 
Rating each element of the book out of 5★ 
Characters ★★★
Atmosphere ★★★ 
Writing ★★★ 
Plot ★★★
Intrigue ★★★★ 
Logic ★★★ 
Enjoyment ★★ 
Pacing ★★ 
Dialogue ★★★ 

★ did not like / ★★ it was okay / ★★★ liked it / ★★★★ really liked it / ★★★★★ loved it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

himpersonal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Very fun book. Needed that after the heaviness of ur last one I’d read. Clever, but I have to say I had most of it figured out early on - that was a first for me, and yet, it was still an engaging read. Could be a fun TV show someday.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

lala_reads_too's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

0.75

Ridiculous. It was great up until the middle when it went downhill. The plot from then on felt rushed, unbelievable, over explained...and the ending was SOOOOOOO bad. How this book is rated so highly?  Reese. I'm side eying you. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

tiffhini's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Very interesting lots of twists

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse