Reviews tagging 'Death'

Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart

21 reviews

carolinebishop00's review against another edition

mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Toxic friendship

j_emerson18's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It's slightly confusing in parts but so incredibly addicting. Read in one sitting while flying to family over the weekend. I love the reverse timeline so much. It's a rare timeline to find in literature. I love the little tie-ins throughout the book to keep different characters, motives, and plots in your mind. Seamless execution. I wish it were longer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Classism

lyraandpan's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.25

i like the premise of this book but unfortunately the execution was just not it for me. even when it started to get interesting it felt like a chore to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

She definitely writes mysterious stories that has me guessing until the very end! I don’t think anything will match We Were Liars, but this was a good follow up. It wasn’t as hard to predict outcomes but the end twist got me! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

sydneyfegi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

deranged woman! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic friendship

daniellafrella's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.75

The way this book is written is what makes it so wonderful. It starts at the end and back tracks, revealing more and more answers and details as we travel back in time with the main character. Beautiful writing. Really a page turner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Stalking

lucychafia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I liked this book quite a bit! It was very hard to understand but that's my fault, not the books. Although the protagonist is pretty insane, i really liked reading her perspective. When I got to the end, i think there was some kind of twist but it was hard for me to understand, again probably my fault. I think I'll have to read it again. I had to have enjoyed it though cause i finished it in one sitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.25

This book is extremely confusing and not very gripping at all. The story is told backwards, and it can be extremely hard to remember what happened when, and to keep the story straight. It also was just not that good, the mystery wasn’t that interesting and it didn’t answer many questions in the end. I didn’t particularly hate it, but I definitely didn’t like it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

riyket75's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This was one of the most interesting books I’ve read for a while. I would definitely recommend it, with the knowledge that it is a quite confusing read. While this wasn’t the best book I’ve ever read I think that probably has a lot to do with the fact that it took me a bit to understand the plot. I think that this will definitely make a good reread and while probably be rated  higher then.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death