Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

102 reviews

businesswife's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This is a good book. This is a fun book with an interesting plot with some twists and turns and the characters are fun and even the premise is fun. But, (large but) as a person who reads thrillers, mysteries, and generally twisty plot books on the reg this is a very predictable book. That does not make it bad. This is a comfy book. This felt good to read, I breezed through it, I could have read it in 2 sittings. So, it short, worth reading but if you read these types of books you will prob also feel a bit predictable about this too. As an entry to this genre it would be a great entry point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Cancer

condls27's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

That was such a fun ride! Definitely recommend the audiobook, the narrator was amazing and kept me engaged the entire time. Do you have to completely suspend your disbelief? Sure but who cares it’s fun!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

karen_vandyne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-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

This is a super fun, fast paced who dunnit. Kept me guessing almost till the end. 

If you like twisty cloak and dagger stories, this one is for you 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

lauraelovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was a solid thriller without being too dark. The twists felt well earned and the plot was engaging

The story had a lot of ‘caper energy’ which was refreshing in this landscape of disturbing psychological thrillers. Think Ocean’s 11 (albeit with a more serious tone) versus Criminal minds. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

hannah_hearts_books's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

3.25

This was an interesting spy-ish thriller. The twists were enjoyable and the premise was fun.However I’m not sure if the story was rounded out enough. Also, dual timelines are the bane of my existence one timeline is always more interesting and one always drags on and on. Even with all of that being said, I think I would pick up another book by this author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Grief

witcheep's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

🤯🤩

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Gaslighting

Moderate: Grief and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Torture, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

koplomps's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

courtofsmutandstuff's review against another edition

5.0

This would be a perfect airplane book for any flight over 5 hours (under that you won't finish the book on the flight and then will be in distress until you can finish it). It is totally a book you can devour in a day. I don't want to spoil anything but I really did love this one and highly recommend it for thriller fans. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

klandry98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use