Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

24 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

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

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

j_rae93's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

I was pleasantly surprised with the twist. I’m usually able to guess and this one caught me off guard. 

It was an easy read but the internal dialogue of Tricia was a bit annoying to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content