Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Agathas by Liz Lawson, Kathleen Glasgow

21 reviews

taylormoore's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Abandonment

dblue236's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

Trigger warnings: Domestic abuse, domestic violence, toxic relationships, toxic friendships, brief discussion of being unknowingly drugged.

While this book was wildly, massively unrealistic, I absolutely loved it. The entertainment value of it was off the charts, and while for the most part it was just a fun, corny murder mystery involving high school kids, it also dealt with some really heavy subject matter in a very impactful way. I had heard next to nothing about this book before I picked it up, and I'm really glad I gave it a chance because I got much more than I was expecting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Gore, and Drug use

aseel_reads's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

The mystery was okay but god I hated the characters 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexism, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent and Bullying

izzyproudfoot's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this. I knew who it was right away so that wasn't a huge thing for me but I'm good at this kinda thing. Guess I'm perfect for the Agatha's. I liked all the little twists and the building of the characters and friendships. 

This is definitely triggering though.TW disappearance, death, murder, drowning, domestic abuse, child abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

amberinpieces's review

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Blood

Minor: Body horror, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Cursing, Grief, Stalking, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Sexual content

spaghettii's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Definitely left the ending open for more books 👀
Shipped the main characters so hard but I'm thinking they're both straight, unfortunately. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Toxic friendship, Murder, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Stalking

therewillbenewsuns's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

Solid mystery with main characters that maybe aren't as likeable as I think they should be. I'm all for character development and MCs that aren't your favorite people ever, but if this is going to a be a series, I should want to root for the MCs not just because the police suck. I am interested in seeing where this team goes/what mysteries they might solve together in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Murder

espressoreader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, and Stalking

Moderate: Child death and Bullying

Minor: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

kshertz's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Excellent mystery! I couldn’t guess who did it. I found the two protagonists to be fascinating and I loved them. The story makes sense and there’s so much going on that gets wrapped up beautifully. Highly recommend it as a lighter mystery to try to solve. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Death of parent, Child death, Body horror, Death, and Domestic abuse

goldyyy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, and Stalking