Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

What Lies Between Us by John Marrs

18 reviews

claire_reardon's review against another edition

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Addiction, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Vomit

ladyinverse's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

honestly, the plot whiplash was evenly placed but my GOD did i want to strangle Nina and Maggie. please just talk to each other lmao 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Grief

collinsd's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Cancer

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Pedophilia

Minor: Addiction, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

This book was filled with way too many triggers

Pregnancy, Addiction, Death, Murder, Pedophilia, Cancer, so much gaslighting, underage drinking, forced confiment and the list just goes on and on

There was a lot going on and the ending felt rushed and disappointing. Was I expecting a happy ending after the emotional slog that was this book? No but boy did I wish the ending wasn't so damn depressing. Did the punishment fit the crime? I don't know but they're both definitely in need of serious psychological help and possibly to never be in the same space ever again. Truly irredeemable characters.

she should've just told Nina what she did and gotten her some actual help instead of drugging her and lying to her the entirety of her adult life and creating more trauma for her.

karliestafiej's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Addiction

evaag_2796's review against another edition

dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Death

Moderate: Cancer, Pedophilia, Abortion, Child abuse, Vomit, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug abuse

girlwithpaint's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

After the first chapter the pace slowed waaaay down but it picked back up about halfway through. The premise was very interesting and although I figured out the twist early on I didn’t lose interest. The ending was sad. Would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, and Confinement

Moderate: Rape and Miscarriage

Minor: Blood, Child death, Child abuse, and Confinement

katemreads's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Violence

charliebookfanatic's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Rape, and Torture

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit