Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Good Lie by A.R. Torre

15 reviews

gtwaddell's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

By far the best book I’ve read !!! Had me guessing right until the reveal 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Child death, Rape, Confinement, Sexual assault, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, and Child abuse

miranda_is_reading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

A must read for true crime lovers, there’s references to real serial killers. It was a quick read for me since the chapters were short and almost always ended on a cliff hanger. I almost had the mystery solved, but couldn’t completely get the pieces to fit together to solve it before finishing the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Physical abuse, Death, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

Minor: Abortion, Suicide, Self harm, Animal death, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Infidelity

mtnest's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Violence, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Torture, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, and Pedophilia

Minor: Abortion

forzoeyy's review

challenging 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? It's complicated

3.5

its pretty forgettable honestly like it takes me a while to remember the ending of the book even though i only finished it a few days ago.. but otherwise it's a good book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Rape, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Gore, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Suicide, and Stalking

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Medical trauma

Minor: Self harm, Abortion, Bullying, and Infidelity

ladyinverse's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.5

an onion of a book.

there were so many layers to this plot and everytime you pulled back one layer, there was yet another until you hit the center of the onion and everything hits you all at once. amazing read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, and Torture

Moderate: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

100_pages_hr's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape, Abortion, and Pregnancy

saraavowlerr's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Confinement, Self harm, Body horror, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship

lmscott258's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Rape

Moderate: Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Emotional abuse

ozeankind's review

dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Emotional abuse