Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Listen For The Lie by Amy Tintera

29 reviews

lr205's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I really liked this most of the way through, in spite of significant sex and language, but the ending was so out of left field and left so many threads hanging that I just was super annoyed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Alcohol

20sidedbi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

SO BRILLIANT AND EMOTIONAL 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

purplepenning's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

edhyndman's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

sistakrista1's review against another edition

dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book is amazing! It keeps you on the edge of your seat! You don’t know who did it until the author is ready to tell you!! I love this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

tspice24's review against another edition

dark funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

abbygh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

jamie_rich's review against another edition

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

gondorgirl's review against another edition

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

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-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

Characters: 2

Connection to the book/Enjoyment: 3

Setting: 3

Plot/Overall Story: 3

Writing: 3

Every point= 0.25 stars, max per category 4 points

While I did really enjoy this book, especially the portions I listened to (full cast audiobook production was super neat!), the overall story just fell a bit flat for me. It was a unique story and reminded me of None of This is True by Lisa Jewell, but it felt pretty slow at times despite the different writing styles mixed in. I also didn’t really care for any of the characters, which I know isn’t the goal of most mystery/thriller books. There was a theme of abuse that was among quite a few of characters that I didn’t care for and was hard to read, especially because it came through in many aspects of the story- I knew that was a part of the story but it didn’t come into play until about 40% and I already felt hooked into the story. I get the characters are supposed to be morally gray, but it felt like there weren’t any characters I could really root for in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Intrusive thoughts about murder