Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Lie to Me by J.T. Ellison

11 reviews

writeyourselfclean's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed the book, but not as much as others I've read. Anything surrounding pregnancy and loss just doesn't interest me so the last parts of the book didn't hold the emotional depth I think the author intended. I did not like or care about any of the characters. I found them all to be extremely flat assholes. Also, trauma is not a character trait!

The end of the book reminded me a bit of Verity (not a good thing) where it's supposed to be a happy ending to end up with an abuser. Stealthing and stealing bodily autonomy is not given the weight it deserves.

God awful ending truly. Unsatisfactory. Still, I would give this author another chance. I enjoyed the pacing and writing style. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Abortion

larissarose's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

I appreciated that this wasn’t the kind of book to make the police look bad. The narrative wasn’t that the police are dumb and we have to solve things ourselves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse

nkg202's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

theoceanrose's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting and Death

esimplicity's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Addiction, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

constancepoplos's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Child death

moahrens's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I am rarely surprised by the ending of a book, but this plot twist got me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

gingerkathrynreads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad 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: Child death

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.0

I really liked the twists and turns this book took me through and I didn’t see the final one coming until just before it hit me over the head.

The glossing over of the domestic violence and Sutton’s imminent return to Ethan after they find out how they were set up was more disturbing to me than most of the murder in the story. By the end of the book, the reader is supposed to pretend that the abuse Sutton experienced at the hands of her husband was justifiable or that it was somehow fixed through therapy and their “new start” and I didn’t like that.

I also didn’t like the thinly veiled fatphobia, misogyny, and biases towards people with mental health issues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Violence

kviv's review

dark mysterious medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death