Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Little White Lies by Philippa East

2 reviews

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Mental illness

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Stalking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury

the_escapist's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Thought it had a pretty unique premise with starting with the return of a missing child rather than the moment a child goes missing. While I didn’t find it executed badly, I just don’t think the execution lived up to the premise and I found most of the mystery reveals pretty bland and anticlimatic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Stalking