Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

85 reviews

presstev's review

dark emotional 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

4.5

haven’t read a thriller this enticing in a minute! was so hard to put down and just when you thought you knew what was happening YOU DIDN’T!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Murder, Car accident, 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

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

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

mellifluousmemos's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

Sometimes I Lie is full of twists and the reveals in the story are revealed in a very unique and interesting way. However, the story had a couple of twists and turns that were confusing, and did not always paint a clear picture. The ending is the most confusing part of the overall story, so it left me slightly underwhelmed. I think this would have been a 5 star book if the ending had a clear and concise twist.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Stalking

Childhood trauma and neglect is also mentioned.

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

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