Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

150 reviews

daepyonimst's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Outing

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jemmaisntcool's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Death, Murder, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Addiction

Minor: Classism

bibliorama's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

Enjoyment - 4
Start - 3.5
Characters - 4
Atmosphere - 3
Plot - 3.5
Ending - 3.5
Style - 3.5 

Overall - 3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Outing

Minor: Suicide, Addiction, and Physical abuse

sebradley29's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Gaslighting, Child death, Car accident, Alcohol, Violence, Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Outing, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Hate crime, Death, and Bullying

hm000's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Violence

violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Grief, Outing, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Suicide, Death of parent, Homophobia, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Addiction, Infidelity, Medical content, Racism, and Toxic relationship

fablestale's review against another edition

mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Addiction, Drug use, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Emotional abuse

fe_aye's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious medium-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

Solid book. I almost ended up DNFing due to my lack of meshing with the characters at the beginning, but as I kept reading they really grew on me. I didn’t much care for the character to begin with but after they had some development they really got much better, especially Addy. 
It was also very well crafted and the resolution was both surprising yet grounded worked really well, I’m glad I stuck with this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Mental illness, and Gun violence

libraryghost's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Outing, and Death

Minor: Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, and Mass/school shootings

maeri's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

it was good and fun. it wasnt anthing that shocked me or made me feel any intense emotions but i enjoyed it. i guessed the ending about 82 pages in and i wasnt amazed. i would reread it if i needed a little more frenemies to lovers in my life but other than that it was okay.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Infidelity, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Child abuse, Bullying, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Self harm, Alcoholism, Outing, Murder, Addiction, and Abandonment