Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

6 reviews

claire_reardon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

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

2.0

Maybe this book would’ve been better if the narrator for the audiobook didn’t give stupid voices to everyone. But also maybe not because there was only one collective brain cell between every single character. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Death, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Murder

readerrants's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Stalking

Minor: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, and Death

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Stalking, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Moderate: Pregnancy and Car accident

brianna97's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Ms. McFadden gets me every. single. time. I really thought I had this one figured out to my core from the beginning and I was SO WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING! The twists were BEYOND shocking in this one. The only thing keeping it from a 5 for me is this book did not have her best epilogue in my opinion. Otherwise, bravo Frieda - you played me AGAIN.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Gore, Murder, Death, Violence, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Car accident, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

This one reminded me of Rock Paper Scissors, one of my favorite thrillers, and I loved how we were uncovering the mystery with the MC. I also loved the atmosphere, the characters are stuck in a house in the middle of a snowstorm so it added to that creepy feeling. The ending had me shocked and it’s one of my favorite twists ever!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Pregnancy, and Vomit

Minor: Drug abuse, Stalking, and Alcohol

j_rae93's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

I was pleasantly surprised with the twist. I’m usually able to guess and this one caught me off guard. 

It was an easy read but the internal dialogue of Tricia was a bit annoying to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content