Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

75 reviews

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

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

cbeghuin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

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

kab1989's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Stalking

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

17kmcollins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Medical content, Miscarriage, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, and Alcoholism

tanvi45's review

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, and Stalking

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

sara824's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

amccurley's review

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Stalking, Child death, Death, Rape, Death of parent, Infertility, and Sexual assault