Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

54 reviews

sundaylou's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

Dark, twisty mystery. You alternate through 3 different POV timelines. Which slowly unravels the relationships and history of what had happened. 

Highly recommend to anyone wanting a dark mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Stalking and Fire/Fire injury

velvetreads_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Death of parent, Child death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Infertility, Addiction, Alcohol, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Gaslighting, and Drug abuse

nat_foerster's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, Death, and Bullying

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Death of parent

loscamp4lyf'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

what the FUCK was this book. i thought i knew what was going on and then it just kept turning and twisting. the reveals had me in shock every time, though the ending was ugggh.
there is a graphic rape scene 80% of the way through the book as a warning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abandonment and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy

marieqc's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-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

content warnings: rape, abuse, murder, etc. there's a lot
it was entertaining until it got too graphic for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Medical content, Abandonment, Abortion, Car accident, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Rape, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

lulureading's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This book broke me lol. I've been reading fantasy romances since because this book was such a bummer. It's just a real feel-bad story. It doesn't have a happy ending as far as I'm concerned. So many terrible things happen from start to finish. I hated all of the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Infertility

ilychristinalauren'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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

elle_laine's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This book was one heck of a ride…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Blood, Addiction, Miscarriage, Bullying, Death of parent, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing

_savannahreads_'s review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Rape, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Chronic illness and Cancer