Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

75 reviews

turrean's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

The audiobook narration is FABULOUS: delightfully dark and perfectly voiced. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Blood, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Emotional abuse

my_personal_escape's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Gaslighting, Death, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Murder, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

aestass's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

Sarcastic main character, cold case in a small Texas town, amnesia, and a  grandma that gets around… what’s not to like.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Death

Moderate: Bullying and Panic attacks/disorders

abbygh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, and Murder

dogearedbooks's review

dark funny mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

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

jamie_rich's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Blood, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Death, and Murder

gondorgirl's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gore, Murder, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Sexism, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Sexual harassment

librarianjennifer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

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

3.5

Avoid if you cannot enjoy books where abused spouses still love/make excuses for their abusers. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Infidelity, and Murder

readingonthefly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence