Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Listen For The Lie by Amy Tintera

23 reviews

bookdragonkatie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

I enjoyed this a lot. I didn’t expect to finish it in a day, but it definitely peaked my interest. I got a little confused trying to keep track of the some of the characters, especially if they were really only used for the podcast portions of the story, but overall I thought this was well done. I think I’ll probably pick it up again to see if I can find the clues; I definitely suspected just about every character at some point in the book! I recommend this one if you’re looking for an interesting who-done-it, particularly as an audiobook to really get the podcast vibe!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism

mmitch10's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.25

A few too many tropes for me. The story and plot twists were okay.

Lucy getting her memory back was a bit too convenient. It would’ve been better if the podcast itself revealed what happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence

kcrutch's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

louiseortman's review against another edition

dark funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Murder

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

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

tjdewald's review against another edition

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

gwenswoons's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

So good. I had been reading so much hype about this, and I was surprised when it was (for me) a little slow to begin! But it became so addictive so quickly - such good character building and detailed thoroughness in the plot and world, too. I love a thriller that is also a little sexy, and also one where the victims and narrators are complicated/imperfect, and this is awesome on both counts. And - so amazingly unexpected in all the turns and shocks, right down to the end - I loved it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexism, Violence, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Sexual violence