Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

This is How I Lied by Heather Gudenkauf

4 reviews

evawhite's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Bullying, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts

afasanello's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

Just throw it away. Every person in this story sucks, except Henry! So many things feel unresolved. No follow up on 

Colin being weird????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Gaslighting, Infertility, Gore, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Awful characters. No thanks.

sallie_ees's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gaslighting and Dementia

annelihghh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Sexual violence, Animal death, Grief, Miscarriage, Rape, Terminal illness, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Dementia, Gore, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Abortion