Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

192 reviews

librarian_sky's review

dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence

owlmanda's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Blood and Dementia

oliviarose05's review against another edition

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Medical trauma

Minor: Emotional abuse and Alcohol

pierrereads's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, and Gaslighting

magalich's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rskey's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

karlasaysbleh's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual violence

gwalt118's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I flew through this novel in three days, but I wouldn't recommend it to everyone. Massive trigger warning for domestic abuse and alcohol abuse. I can handle some pretty dark stuff, but I found this one to be a bit gratuitous at times. The excessive infidelity bothered me. 

With that being said, if you enjoy an immediately unreliable narrator, morally questionable characters, and lots of sarcasm - which I do - then you might pick this one up. I found the podcast aspect interesting and reminiscent of Lisa Jewell's None of This is True, although I enjoyed Jewell's novel much more. The whodunit in this one was fairly predictable, which is always disappointing for a thriller. 

My favorite character was Beverly, the protagonist Lucy's grandmother. She was hilarious, and I thought the levity she provided was a nice counter to a very dark story. 

For all my qualms and discomfort, I couldn't put this one down. I was supposed to clean the bathrooms and run some errands over the weekend, but I read this instead. Oh well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism

mreisen's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

hellokaley's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

A promising thriller that was just OK to me. I liked the format which included multiple narrators and a podcast format. It wasn’t “original” to me as I’ve read another similar podcast thriller but it was different than the typical. 

I didn’t feel a strong connection with any of the characters and although I didn’t mind the main character’s sarcastic personality, it wasn’t anything special to me. My biggest gripe was that there were so many characters, I found it hard to remember who is who in connection to whom and why do I care? Everyone cheating on / sleeping with everyone else just made it more difficult to ground myself in who people were. 

I was entertained, but there are better thrillers out there in my opinion!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting