Reviews tagging 'Death'

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

83 reviews

prioryofprose's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Death, and Murder

amalauna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Violence

amysalwaysreading's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Lucy isn’t exactly sure what happened several years ago when she was found wandering the streets of her small hometown, covered in her best friend’s blood. All she knows for sure is that Savvy is dead & the entire town is convinced Lucy is the murderer. A true crime podcaster named Ben is determined to find out what really happened. 

 

Listen for the Lie is a story of small town politics, female friendship, and how victims are portrayed after they are gone. It’s also a story of why we choose to believe (or not believe) someone. This book has a cast of mostly unlikeable characters (except for Grandma; she is clearly the best character in this book) who make questionable choices. 

 

This story is propulsive and engaging the entire way through. I loved the mixed media format; I read on Kindle but have heard the audio is fantastic. It’s dark, morally grey, and laugh out loud hilarious in many places. The pages flew by as I anxiously waited for Ben and Lucy to figure out what really happened the night Savvy died. The podcast element of this book peeled back the many layers of lies that the members of Lucy’s hometown had hidden for all these years. This would be a great one to add to your TBR for spring break! 

 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

 

Thank you to @amytintera, @celadonbooks, and @netgalley for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Murder, Death, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

juanat77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, and Sexual content

thisbookisbananas's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

This was an enjoyable small-town secrets mystery! I liked how it seems that the author is truly from Texas. As a born and raised Texan, there are some comments about Texas culture in this book that really made me laugh. The twists were enjoyable. I do think by the 60% mark to the end was a little bit of a holding pattern. However, I could easily see this book turning into a tv series. I will gladly read another mystery/thriller book from this author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, and Infidelity

sarahsaurusrex's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, and Domestic abuse

missgrangerr's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, Violence, Sexism, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual content

dblue236's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Trigger warnings: Blood, violence, discussions of past domestic violence, brief mention of sexual assault. 

I've been really looking forward to this book for a while now and was thrilled to see it as a Book of the Month selection for this month. I was not disappointed. The story sucked me in almost immediately and I genuinely had no idea what to expect until the very end. My only (very minor) complaint is that there is one small thing left unresolved toward the end, but I think that was likely intentional because the reader is supposed to draw their own conclusions. This was definitely one of my favorite reads so far this year and left me wanting to seek out more books by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

laura_berger's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting

agathajanemaud1908's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

Can’t remember the last time I finished a book in two days (there were many other things I should have been doing but I couldn’t stop reading - the greatest feeling!) or sobbed (not cried, sobbed) over a book. Definitely read but make sure you have a block of free time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Addiction, Cursing, Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Grief