Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

156 reviews

erinmichele_reads's review against another edition

dark tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Murder, and Death

Minor: Vomit

luna_98's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

the plot twist WENT CRAZY omg 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Stalking and Confinement

hauntedchaossandwich's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Rape

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

therealanakin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pregnancy, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Infidelity

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

nuuamuikkunen's review against another edition

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

4.0

Interesting plot and some really nice twists in the end. I think the ending was trying a bit too hard, but all in all, a good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Body shaming

Minor: Sexual content

bloo_0's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

shelgold's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

A fast-paced story that was so hard to put down

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Mental illness

fairytalefootnotes's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Writing: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Plot: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Characters: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Praise: I spent the majority of this book thinking I knew where it was going but I was wrong…that’s exactly what I want from my psychological thrillers! I also loved that the chapters were short, it kept me glued to the page saying “just one more chapter, it’s short so it won’t take long!”

The Critique: I would’ve liked more tape chapters.

Final Thoughts: The book was so twisty and eerie and I really enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity