Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

This is How I Lied by Heather Gudenkauf

7 reviews

ejsullivan's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Miscarriage

marytreybig's review against another edition

Major hint was dropped within the first 50 pages and after feeling like I couldn’t get into this book, I skimmed to the end and saw that yes, that hint literally gave it all away. I’m glad I didn’t waste anymore time reading this. I felt bored and didn’t like the author’s writing style. I was giving her a second chance after The Overnight Guest and I don’t think I’ll try her again, to be honest. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Rape

kelseymcg20's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Infertility

afasanello's review against another edition

dark medium-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

Just throw it away. Every person in this story sucks, except Henry! So many things feel unresolved. No follow up on 

Colin being weird????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Awful characters. No thanks.

starsbyname's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Rape

zoe_archambault's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

Pretty good overall, tense and a twist I half expected but not in the way it unfolded, which was a nice surprise.
The writing style was a little weird and the descriptions of the main character’s thoughts and actions felt very much like they were written by a middle-aged white man which threw me off and took me out of the narrative a lot.
But overall pretty decent and a quick fast-paced read that, despite the weird writing style, kept me coming back and wanting to find out more as the twisted story unfolded. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

nodogsonthemoon's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Grief, and Murder