Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Don't Believe It by Charlie Donlea

5 reviews

jve's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

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

3.75

A quick, easy mystery/thriller read. It was fast-paced and had enough intrigue to keep it a page-turner, but I had already suspected the final twist before it happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, and Murder

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

seagullsaga's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Slow to warm up and quite an abrupt ending. Maybe It’s just been a while since I’ve read this genre, but this book didn’t click with me until about two thirds of the way through. The whole thing is wrapped up by a quick series of twists that feels a little sudden but not out of place. When it lands though, it’s great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

3readingcircus's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Cancer, Blood, Medical content, and Car accident

Moderate: Ableism and Gun violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Slavery, Suicide, Vomit, and Antisemitism

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