Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus

5 reviews

amandab0514's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, and Alcohol

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

klara_sch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

halfbloodprincess_hogwarts's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

I really loved Nothing more to tell and pray that it's true to its title because phew!!! This was just overwhelming. Atleast the Law and Order series gives you a break every now and then with the  DUN-DUN sound. This is one of those titles where I felt it was necessary lol. The Plot kept thickening and twisting. I kept thinking "GOOD LORD!!! WHAT ELSE COULD HAPPEN?!?!?!?😩😰"

I honestly could not have predicted so many plot twists and gave up guessing what was happening next. This book feels like those videos of erratic, twisting slides people, for some reason, enjoy and you see them unable to grip  anything and slamming into the walls.. Well, that's how I felt while listening to the audio....I LOVED IT!!!🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism