Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

29 reviews

heykellybutler's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

I surprisingly really liked this. The dialogue was pretty natural & while I was pretty sure who the murderer was the story kept me second guessing myself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Misogyny, Addiction, Violence, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

tspice24's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcoholism, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol

megnut's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Grief, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Minor: Blood

aestass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

Sarcastic main character, cold case in a small Texas town, amnesia, and a  grandma that gets around… what’s not to like.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Death

Moderate: Bullying and Panic attacks/disorders

carissa230's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

3.75

Lucy is an accused murderer, who escaped her hometown, and is returning after years of avoidance. When she gets home, she realizes a few things. More people believe she is innocent than she thought, and her grandma has set her up by inviting the person doing a podcast of the case to town at the same time as Lucy. 

Ben is the podcast director. He doesn't have a preconceived idea of who killed Savvy, he is open minded, and just wants the truth. His podcast is popular and has solved a few murders. 

When Lucy finally agrees to be part of the podcast things change for both in a way they didn't expect. 

The podcast aspect was well done in this book. The audiobook was good as you could hear the podcaster and the story they're telling like a real podcast. Well done, but the ending didn't really do it for me. It was a surprise, but seemed to come out of nowhere. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, and Domestic abuse

abbygh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, and Murder

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

2.75

Didn’t really care for the podcast format or the amnesia (too convenient a plot device). Characters were too superficial. Only one I really liked was the grandmother. Everyone should have a gran like her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Abandonment

crbowman's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-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

4.75

Good book!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Grief

gondorgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gore, Murder, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Sexism, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Sexual harassment

onabookban's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Grief and Injury/Injury detail