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How To Play Dead is a book I'd been putting off reading for a while but I don't know what took me...
Ria Taylor is a courageous lady, she is a wife, mother, feisty worker and support to the women at...
This book reminded me a lot of YOU with that stalking perspective but it's from the other side...
Ria Taylor works at SafeMe, a place that helps domestic abuse survivors (not victims!). She is...
This is not a bad book by any means - but it has been marketed in a misleading fashion. The blurb...
Despite finding this story harrowing to read in parts, I think the author did a great job in...
Trigger warnings for domestic abuse which is very traumatic at times, it was dealt with fairly...
Ria runs a safe house for victims of domestic abuse, but while she watches over them, someone is...
Firstly, I would like to thank Readers First and NetGalley for gifting me an ARC for an honest...
I liked the look of this book and from the blurb I thought it sounded like my type of book as a...
This book was 100x better than I expected. ...
One thing that immediately struck me with How To Play Dead is the writing style of Jacqueline...
This is a very well written novel portraying the everyday life and struggles of what most would...
I loved this! What an amazing book. I don't know if I would have picked it up just based on the...
This is essentially a book about domestic violence. The blurb indicates that it is a...
I found the story line of this book was very good just a little long winded. I would have given...
The story follows the tale of Ria as she strives to improve the lives of so many women that need...
I found that I enjoyed this book less and less as it went on. At the start it was absorbing and I...
From reading the blurb and looking at the cover, I never thought that this book was about. In...
Domestic Violence and Abuse is a hugely relevant and important topic. The modern world has...
I did enjoy this book to start with but every tome I went to pick it up after the first third of...
To read a book about something you have been through is tough going. Domestic abuse isn't talked...
Initially engrossing and engaging, I found How to Play Dead got more confusing and less coherent...
So I got this book out from my local library and to be honest it sat at the bottom of a large...
I enjoyed reading "how to play dead". The story covers the very serious issue of domestic abuse...
I read this book in a couple of days and it really was one of those that you couldn't put...
I really, really enjoyed reading this. The main character, Ria really is a superwoman, helping...
This book theme is an emotive one. Ria the central character works in a refuge for women abused...
I really struggled with this book. It started fine, then dipped, and thankfully picked up again...
The portrayal of domestic abuse was harrowing, and the use of it was powerful, but that’s as far...
I found it very very hard to get into and follow the book. The writing style was not what I'm...
This feels like a really important read which raises a large number of really important issues...
Ria Taylor - or ‘Superwoman’ as those around her call her- works for ‘SafeMe’ a refuge centre...
This book is super spooky and unnerving. A mum and her family home alone as her partner was away...
A good psychological thriller is one of my favs, as nothing beats staying up until god knows what...
This unsettling book is extremely accurate- Jacqueline Ward credits many people with helping...
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