Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

247 reviews

andieobrien99's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Woah! What a rollercoaster of a book!

It was creepy. It was intense. It was sad. It was good!

This was my first time reading one of Lisa’s books and honestly I have to read more! 

This gave me the chills reading it! 

The fact there’s people out in the world who are like that just gives me the heebee Jeebees

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Grief, and Murder

miafromorchardstreet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

batshit in the best way

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Murder, and Emotional abuse

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

1.0

When it comes to ambiguous open endings, I usually don't mind because I can imagine what I want to follow as an epilogue.  That requires having a good foundation though and this book lacked that in spades.  When the title is the book, you question everything.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Bullying, Drug use, Excrement, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Body shaming, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Torture, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

what_karla_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Emotional abuse

eveling_99's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Addiction, and Grief

bo0ks_are_cool91's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

Best thriller I’ve read in a while! (I haven’t read any thrillers in a while) loved reading from both MCs perspectives, and the buildup was👏👏👏👏👏 lots of TWs though, so check those bedroom you read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Child death

Minor: Bullying

kerryamchugh's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

A wild twist on the unreliable narrator. Definitely recommend the audio, which is fully sound edited to sound like the podcast/documentary series at the center of this story, with a full cast. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

madelonpaige's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Pedophilia

ariellevela's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was pretty full of twists and turns, so many honestly. I was not expecting this read to be so controversial and saw the protagonist as a victim at the start but some things are revealed along the line. It was definitely a book that kept me on my toes. If you are into thrillers, this is the book for you. There was a lot of mystery that comes to a reveal toward the end. And you get a sort of full satisfaction of what you read throughout the book. The main character is VERY controversial and a compulsive liar who seems like she is addicted to lying but you don't know it until it's too late. The content is not extremely graphic but there is some blood mentioned and a dead body. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Murder

bethghoul's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Child death, Death, Alcoholism, Blood, Stalking, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Pregnancy