Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Twisted Love by Ana Huang

238 reviews

boba_n_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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? Yes

2.75

Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ / 5

Possibly unpopular opinion: If I hadn't read this on audio, I might have DNF'd it...

Tasked with guarding his best friend's sister, Ava, while his friend, Josh, is abroad, Alex tries to stay at arm's length as he usually does. But, despite his best efforts, brooding and possessive Alex finds himself falling for Ava. Even though he's her brother's best friend, Ava also finds herself falling for Alex. They couldn't be more opposite--he is the literal definition of grumpy, and she is as sunshiny as they come. 

The concept was great, but SO many of the lines had me cringing and rolling my eyes. I love a good possessive MMC, but sometimes Alex was just... too much. I do know that the other books in this series are supposed to be better, though, so I'm hoping for some redemption in the next few--especially Twisted Games.

Redeeming qualities? The spice. 🥵 The Chinese-American representation. The brother's best friend trope. Dual POV. Ava herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Stalking, and Suicide

lizzysk555's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Child death, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide and Alcohol

heartshapedgreen's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, and Child abuse

kxjschw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, and Cursing

Minor: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Suicide, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

animals4lyfe's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Suicide

jessicaschick's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

I was liking this book until the last 1/3 or so? It was feeling predictable but not too bad.

the whole thing with her dad being his enemy was kind of obvious imo, and i lost interest in the whole book so fast because the uncle being the killer felt like poor writing. When Alex started singing in the end I got such second hand embarrassment because wtf was that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

iida_a's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Panic attacks/disorders

adphillips0108's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Murder, Suicide, and Violence

whateves99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Was a brilliant audiobook 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Murder, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Violence, Child death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Gore

dilara2912w's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Gore, Stalking, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Suicide, Violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping