Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus

49 reviews

sleeping_unicorn's review against another edition

mysterious tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Murder

emily_mh's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

The first 60% of this was a one-star read which is the main reason behind my low rating for this book. Instead of being a mystery/thriller it was actually a dry, insta-lovey romance with a mystery side plot. Little investigation was carried out. You could go entire chapters without new information being uncovered. To top it off one of the MCs, Brynn, was so bland. There was absolutely nothing that made her stand apart from other MCs in the genre. I was just so hugely bored and could find no redeeming qualities in this section. 

The last 40% was an improvement, being more like a four star read. There were some intriguing developments and actual investigation and for the first time I felt entertained. I ended up liking where the mystery ended up. Tripp became a dimensional character as we got insight into his guilt and shame. He underwent some serious development in offloading this, and trusting and connecting with others. Even the romance started to improve because the MCs were pretty natural around each other. 

However, even in this last section I had criticisms. Unlike Tripp, Brynn didn’t get any development. I feel like we were supposed to see that she had learnt to balance her journalism with people’s emotions, but this was not conveyed well as she still kept pushing for answers at other people’s expense until the very end. I also wish that the book had offered a critique of true crime seeing as it attempted to look at journalism with nuance (even though I don’t think this was well done either). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Major: binge drinking Minor: sick parent, divorce, adoption

danielle_farris's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was so good. There was a plot twist around every turn! It kept it interesting and entertaining. I would strongly recommend reading this book, especially if you have read One of Us is Lying by this same author. There might even be a reference, but if you don’t get it don’t worry, it won’t effect the plot or anything. It was kind of like an Easter egg! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

The book does not go into detail about the death/murder very much. But if alcohol, car accidents, domestic abuse, gun violence, kidnapping, or death is a sensitive topic, you probably should not read it

spookily's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Dementia, and Classism

the_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse and Blood

orlie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

notapenguin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

archiveofrasa's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

I don't necessarily bog a book down if I can predict the murderer (a lot of the twists were fun though). while this may not be my favourite Karen M McManus book, I had one hell of a ride as usual and will probably still read whatever she has coming out lolz

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

libraryghost's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse