Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

27 reviews

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Stalking, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Moderate: Pregnancy and Car accident

syd11's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse and Alcoholism

brianna97's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Ms. McFadden gets me every. single. time. I really thought I had this one figured out to my core from the beginning and I was SO WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING! The twists were BEYOND shocking in this one. The only thing keeping it from a 5 for me is this book did not have her best epilogue in my opinion. Otherwise, bravo Frieda - you played me AGAIN.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Gore, Murder, Death, Violence, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Car accident, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

theimposter's review against another edition

tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Mental illness, Addiction, Kidnapping, and Murder

daepyonimst's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Drug abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Alcoholism

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

This one reminded me of Rock Paper Scissors, one of my favorite thrillers, and I loved how we were uncovering the mystery with the MC. I also loved the atmosphere, the characters are stuck in a house in the middle of a snowstorm so it added to that creepy feeling. The ending had me shocked and it’s one of my favorite twists ever!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Pregnancy, and Vomit

Minor: Drug abuse, Stalking, and Alcohol

emmysforeverbooked's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This book was... something. It wasn't until I was about 60% in that I found myself actually enjoying it. Now this is one of my first murder mysteries so it might just be that this isn't my genre. It's written very well, hence why my rating is as high as it is but the plot is just... idk it's lacking something for me.

Not to mention by the end of the book, the characters I did like had died and the characters I thought I liked I ended up hating. Justice for Delilah, get her out of this deranged family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Murder, Violence, Cursing, Mental illness, and Stalking

Moderate: Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol and Drug abuse