Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

49 reviews

shainabriley's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Death, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

sadiedavisn's review

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Stalking

knotemnels's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Pov ur in a coma and ur a little stressed about it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Rape

melaneyp's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Stalking, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Rape, Body shaming, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

aoliv__25's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

First time in a while I've not anticipated the twists in a thriller. I was very happy when the initial tropes started to fall away. Not sure it needed such graphic depictions of SA, and personally didn't love a little cliffhanger ending for a stand alone. Otherwise, very strong 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

rot_swap's review

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

This book had a ton of flaws and at times was laughably over the top. The Madeline plot felt haphazardly thrown in and Jo felt totally unnecessary. And there's a rape scene that I found gratuitous (especially after the ending was revealed). This book was also fast-paced and the prose flowed easily. I do appreciate Alice Feeney's writing style. Once I surrendered to the ridiculous/over the top aspects of the book, I actually enjoyed the ride. Far from perfect, but certainly engaging and entertaining. (Although I still feel icky about the way sexual violence was used)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Infertility, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Car accident, and Death

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

Not, my favorite Alice Feeny book and the book was pretty slow-paced, but it was still an entertaining read. I read it in a day. The twist at the end was good though.

That rape scene was unnecessary.

She's definitely improved though. I think I'm more keen on her newer books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual assault, Miscarriage, and Murder

alekz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Insaaaaaaaane!!! Sharp objects kind of twists, kept me on my toes the whole time, and the narration was stellar. 
TW: abt ¾ the way through, there is an explicit depiction of r*pe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Murder, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Toxic friendship, Violence, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Stalking

boba_n_books's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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 book started slow, but it really picked up towards the end. I loved the unreliable narrator that kept me guessing whole time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gaslighting, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Alcohol, and Kidnapping

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.0

This was a super quick read that kept me on my toes! I loved how the chapters jumped between diary entries from childhood, present time, and the week leading up to her coma. Even though the title is called Sometimes I Lie I was still fooled a few times hahaha but overall I felt the ending was predictable once a certain big secret was revealed. I do love Alice’s writing and I find it super engaging. I’m not a huge fan of how it all ended in the last chapter but overall I enjoyed the story! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence