Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Twisted Lies by Ana Huang

6 reviews

brinkley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Stalking, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Violence

sebradley29's review

dark

• 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: Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Death, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Torture, Alcohol, Cursing, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence

aliciachauhan_'s review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Violence

midnight_rose_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Twisted Lies is the fourth and final book in the Twisted series. Stella Alonso works at D.C Style a local fashion magazine. She lives alone at The Mirage, a luxury building, after one of her best friends Jules moves out to live with her boyfriend Josh. In addition to working at the magazine, Stella is a influencer, who has nearly a million followers. When she gets a price hike bill of care from a long term care facility she pays for someone very special to her, she knows she needs more money fast. A way to boost her follower count to a million is to fake date someone. Enter Christian Harper, a supremely handsome CEO of a security company, and owner of The Mirage. He and Stella embark on a mutually beneficial relationship. She will accompany him to various functions, and he’ll be her ‘boyfriend’, and she’ll post various discreet photos of him on her Instagram.  Thus begins a roller coaster ride of stalkers, secrets, and sexy times, taking them from D.C., New York, Hawaii to Italy.

This was a wonderfully romantic and suspenseful story that perfectly wrapped up the Twisted series. Stella really grew in her confidence throughout the story, not only in her business life, but in her personal life as well. Christian learned to really open himself up to Stella, and ultimately to believe in love. Seeing where the couples are a few years later in the epilogue is a real treat.  Definitely read the Twisted series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Blood, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Torture, and Vomit

jrfrostreads's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

A fun finish to a great series! I love the twisted books and this one did not disappoint. My heart is still favoring Alex and Josh, but I definitely enjoyed this one. Loved the series wrap up at the end as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Sexual content

andeng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Dementia

Moderate: Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Suicide