Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

24 reviews

swimmer120x's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

The book bounces between two characters, Tricia and Adrienne. It seemed like a medium-fast paced book. It wasn’t my favorite, but it wasn’t terrible either. I enjoyed the plot twist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Vomit

parkerknoll's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Freaky as hell thanks 

A “genius” psychopath that doesn’t know antibiotics negate birth control…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Car accident, Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Gore

slumberg's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Pregnancy and Drug abuse

goldsbuc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual harassment, Vomit, Car accident, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Child death, and Alcohol

chelle22's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Vomit

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

The MC thinking she was a silly girl over and over was a little annoying for me. And I found it a bit repetitive. But the end popped it up a quarter-point for me. I thought the plotting was well-done, but the writing wasn't as strong. Also, how was the MC so dumb about

what you can eat as a pregnant person??

I also have a big pet peeve where a fact is in the book that I can google and it seems like the author did not. If the MC ate something at, let's say, 6 pm at the latest, (how much later than like 5 pm would a realtor be meeting for a showing?), then the food would be fully digested by about 9:30 am the next morning. She couldn't throw that up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, Confinement, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gaslighting and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content and Drug abuse

dblue236's review against another edition

dark 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

I thought I had this all figured out by a third of the way through it and fancied myself the smartest person alive... only to turn out to be almost entirely wrong. I'm holding on to the tiny shred of dignity I have left because I was kind of in the ballpark. This author hasn't disappointed me yet, and while her books aren't necessarily rampant with realism, I enjoy the hell out of them and always look forward to starting a new one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Mental illness, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Rape, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Car accident, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

beauty_and_thebooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, and Mental illness

janicee1223's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Murder, and Infidelity

nc_unknown_user's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

This book was fine. Not the most thrilling or craziest twists but… it’s fine. It’s not one I’ll probably think about down the road but it was an easy read and kept my interest for the most part. 

This is my second book by this author so I’m starting to pick up on the themes of unlikeable main characters and twists that happen in the last few chapters. The entire book I found myself questioning the obviousness of the “clues” and knew it was a set up. I didn’t find the eventual revelation to be as thrilling as I had hoped, but maybe that was due to my distrust all along. 

Something about the story felt lacking in some way I couldn’t place but all in all, I enjoyed the read. I think the thing that leaves these books feeling a little shallow are also ironically, some of the reasons I appreciate the author’s writing. It lacks detail in things that usually go into far too much detail. Like murders or sex scenes… these topics are glossed over whereas other authors seem to feel the need to “overshare” the details. I like that these parts aren’t exaggerated in her books and we can get on with the main plot line. Especially as I often listen to audiobooks while working or doing other tasks that don’t have me in the mood to hear about gore or graphic details. However, the lack of details seem to spill over into other areas and leaves the storyline feeling somewhat flat. Which leaves me feeling less than moved by the story when it’s all said and done. But not every book needs to send me on an emotional rollercoaster and I appreciate that I can quickly read one of these books without being bogged down by a heavy story or too much detail. It’s just wild to walk away from a book about murders and psychological twists and feel kinda “meh” about it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Confinement