Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

115 reviews

skulls3713's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Fast read and was very good. I enjoyed the development of the characters and the twist and turns. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Mental illness, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Pregnancy, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Torture, Gore, and Death of parent

elisa_atkins's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If you enjoyed Verity you would enjoy this book as well. If you’re early in the book and think you have the twist figured out, you’re wrong. Keep reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Stalking

shayduhrae's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Welp, I didn't see that coming in the best kind of way. What ever you thing is going to happen, is wrong and I love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Mental illness, and Stalking

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

challenging mysterious 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

1.0

Honestly was gonna be an okay ish mystery with an insufferable main character, but then the twist happens that… makes literally no sense because there is NO FORSHADOWING. None. 

The twist was stupid and dropped my enjoyment of it, and makes this book in retrospect, dumb.

The main character at the beginning and at the end feel like two different people.

. And the secondary twist was unnecessary - wow. Well. At least

the main couple deserve each other

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If this was written in third person it would be better, because then it would have been easier to hid the lies the various characters tell. In first person, it makes no sense because why would they lie in the first person, without it being a letter or something??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Mental illness

Moderate: Murder and Pregnancy

kaetlingrigsby's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is full of twists and turns, one’s that make you say, “HOW DID I NOT SEE THIS COMING” then another, “omg DUH!” and then a “holy shit!” That’s the only way I can describe this book without giving away spoilers. If you’re on the fence about reading it, just do it. If you love glimpses into psychology and how the brain works, you’ll find yourself highlighting sentences like you’re in PSYCH101. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, Death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, Vomit, Abandonment, Grief, Violence, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Stalking, Torture, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

pastelmeganes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

The book was giving lifetime suspense movie. Not in a bad way but nothing wow’d me in particular. It was an easy read, fast pace book. I will say i didn’t expect whodunit; however, there wasnt anything thought provoking about the novel. If you want to read a little murder mystery that has a lifetime movie vibe, i can see you really liking this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, Kidnapping, Grief, Infidelity, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism

hanlov's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Stalking

clairemitchell's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

The twists will give you whiplash until the last page. Also what is up with Trisha’s mother? She’s gotta have problems.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, and Pregnancy

kaylachavanel'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

a plot twist that actually fucking twisted me, holy shit. well paced, not too long and not too short. perfect psychological thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Drug abuse, and Murder

aoliv__25'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? It's complicated

3.0

The internet persuaded me to read this one, and I did so in 5 hours. Starting with the dislike, the actual writing style isn't particularly great; it's very simple, which makes it quick to get through but the actual text not particularly vibrant. This seems to be a common theme with thrillers; I wish they'd take time to develop their prose a bit more. But I am particularly picky. In terms of plot, for the first half I was sceptical, and mainly kept reading because I found the book frustrating.

I think the unreliable narrator became far too obvious far too quickly due to the absurdity of the situation.

Additionally, all the characters grated. I don't mind unlikeable, but it did also increase my reading speed as I just didn't really want to be hearing about them any more. Luckily, the plot evolved nicely and made it a worthy read in the end. I guessed several of the twists and made connections for a few more, but as someone who usually sees them all coming, having a few I didn't was a nice change. One of the better thriller's I've read recently. Not perfect, but entertaining.

It was also rather hilarious trying to take the "two can keep a secret..." Line seriously each time whilst hearing the PLL theme tune!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Stalking, Death, Torture, Mental illness, Blood, Car accident, Violence, Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder