Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Very Bad People by Kit Frick

16 reviews

pjvana's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Great YA thriller!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Murder

allisonsmith120's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

onemamareads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/very-bad-people

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Bullying, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship

ivannna_u's review

dark informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Murder, and Infidelity

gssll_lpz's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity and Bullying

Minor: Death

georgiemay7's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, and Car accident

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pedophilia

junefish's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic friendship, and Car accident

Moderate: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Murder, Gaslighting, Suicide, and Death

Adult/minor relationships are repeatedly mentioned as a core plot element but without details.

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.75

This book was very underwhelming. It had an unsatisfying ending and just generally fell flat. I can see what the author was going for, but it didn't deliver. It wasn't super predictable in some ways but in others it was way too predictable. Overall just meh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Murder

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I feel like this had so much potential, with the two mysteries unraveling at the same time, with so much possible connection between them. There's a lot of build up in the first half of the book, but it almost feels like Frick didn't know where to go with the second half. For me, none of the solutions to the mysteries felt completely satisfying, and it didn't necessarily go in the direction I was expecting. Which isn't always bad, but I think a different direction would have been more satisfying.

For the most part, the characters were well developed (well, at the main ones). Nico was probably my favorite, and he deserved so much better. There's a lot of great boarding school intrigue, and you'll enjoy this if you like secret societies and mysteries surrounding them. Even if you're lead astray by the mystery.

Overall, the first half of this is enjoyable, but the second half is a bit of a letdown.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide, Infidelity, and Bullying