Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Good Lie by A.R. Torre

50 reviews

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Child death, Death, Murder, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Torture, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Suicide

hannahshardbacks's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Stalking, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Kidnapping, Self harm, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

d_endresen's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.25

Overall a good read, but just lacked the overall suspense I was going for. But was well written. I liked the professional banter of the lawyer and psychiatrist. 

I liked the twist at the end, but it just fell a little flat 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

anuxr's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Adult/minor relationship

kschaeffer6's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, and Sexual violence

bookishbarbellbestie's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Read half of the book physical and the other half via audiobook. I enjoyed it over well but had some qualms with the long line of characters introduced and felt the multiple plot twists bombshells at the end though shocking a couple aspects of it either didn’t make sense or I found could’ve been left out all together and still had the same effect. I did not see the reveal coming at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Child death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

evaadamiak's review

dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion

estimpert's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Child death, and Sexual assault

killmoore_'s review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I watch way too many true crime stories for any of this to have surprised me, but it was enjoyable none the less.

A lot of unnecessary scene setting - clothes descriptions, random gestures, etc - and not enough character depth. Story lines fell flat, and as an avid reader of this genre, I pinned the killer by the middle of the book. The ending was a bit too well packaged for me as well - I could have dealt without the last few chapters entirely.

The story was fun, fast paced and thrilling - I listened to the audio book and loved it. I would recommend to folks new to the genre with a big ol trigger warning attached.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, Abortion, Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Stalking, Torture, Child death, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Blood, Homophobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Rape, and Sexual assault

bravelostmind's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

Although an enjoyable read at times it felt slow and clichè. The 'romance' element did not work for me, nor did it add any addition to the 'twist' involved.

Sure, it was a sort of interesting twist, but it did not wow me or feel neatly tied in a bow.

The antagonists felt a little clichè and I did not feel much towards them.

An easy read, but not one with that much substance. Glad to have read, but I probably won't think about it again...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Self harm