Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

52 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

katiemhuang's review

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Sexual violence, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

mandarox222's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

kbaum25's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, and Rape

tsalani's review

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Medical content, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit and Stalking

pinktink415's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Bullying, Sexual harassment, and Domestic abuse

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

amberinbookland's review

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Grief, Death, Confinement, Rape, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Medical content, Infertility, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Car accident, Pregnancy, Murder, and Mental illness

jaz_green's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed this book, I found it fast pace and an easy read that I struggled to put down. I liked the style flicking between past and present as well with diary entries.

Despite this, the ending ruined the overall book for me. I was left confused

like what did Amber lie about? And how did she so successfully frame Madeline for murder!

and as if some parts of the book didn’t really make sense

I’d still recommend the book, just be prepared to get a load more unanswered questions just as the book ties up!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

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