Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

53 reviews

haunted_library's review against another edition

funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Blood, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism

beauty_and_thebooks's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Murder

mllecath's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting and Sexual assault

dat_ash_though's review

challenging 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Alcoholism

hollyrebecca's review against another edition

funny 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I loved this. I was hooked the whole way and desperate to learn the truth.

I loved the characters and the way the story unfolded. The slow reveal of secrets, from a cast of small town characters, and the slow reveal of the story from our narrator Lucy made for such an engaging tale.

The narrative style mixed with podcast episodes made the delivery so much better. I highly recommend the audiobook production!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

fkshg8465's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

2.75

Didn’t really care for the podcast format or the amnesia (too convenient a plot device). Characters were too superficial. Only one I really liked was the grandmother. Everyone should have a gran like her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Abandonment

klundine's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

tjdewald's review

dark mysterious fast-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

2.25

Very quick read, easy to follow. This book did have me hooked for the first 200-250 pages. However, when there was about 60 pages left, I felt it dragging on. The conclusion was unsatisfying and felt very rushed yet somehow drug out. It was like the author decided who did it 250 pages in and had to quickly tie it to that character. I thought there was an unnecessary amount of sexually explicit scenes. Some are okay but it became tacky quickly, especially one of the later ones (you know which one if you’ve read it). 

Overall, it was okay. Two stars for the first 200-250 pages but the last 100ish just didn’t work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Blood, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Rape, Murder, Sexual content, and Alcoholism

erinn93's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

calhox's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This was the first mystery I’ve read in a very long time and I’m so glad I did. 
I loved all of the potential storylines that the author lead us down throughout the book and the podcast element lending a different perspective was a nice touch. 

I figured out the killer about halfway through the book but I was genuinely intrigued by how we were going to get there and how it all went down.

I couldn’t put the book down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence