Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Don't Believe It by Charlie Donlea

6 reviews

jhasfurther's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

The ending is good but not very satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Abandonment

patientlysarah's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rachele's review against another edition

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

3.75

I found the pacing to be inconsistent which was frustrating and I came close to DNFing it a few times. Overall I’m glad I stuck with it, the last chunk was faster paced and gave me that ‘page turner’ feeling. A few of the reveals I figured out but some were surprises. It felt like some clues were a bit heavy handed like the

chess set, Grace even said she didn’t like the memory of it, come on Sidney, why did you miss this???

. I did feel like they stuck the landing with

Sidney’s death, I was expecting her to miraculously recover like when we discover that Julian came to after being hit on the head

, so that was satisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

rhgrimes's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Murder

rochelleisreading's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Car accident

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic friendship

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

2.0

the premise of this book was interesting and it was pretty good for the majority of the book, but the ending falls completely flat and makes the entire book completely unenjoyable overall. there are far too many loose ends and tidbits of information that ended up not meaning anything in the long-run, and the end is a cheap way at a 'gotcha!' ending as the ONLY reason it catches readers off guard is because there is no way for us to have predicted it. its not satisfying. this isnt a book that i think back on and see where i could have connected dots and didnt for one reason or another; dots arent able to be connected in a way where the reader feels like theyre figuring things out because everything is so convoluted. ugh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Lesbophobia