Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Shadows by Alex North

32 reviews

readhaileyread's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Murder, and Suicide

kris386's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Minor: Alcohol and Infidelity

madisonpages98's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-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

5.0

Amazing read with a great twist ending! Very unexpected. Writing style was beautiful but not overly complex. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Murder, and Self harm

aoifestardust's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

unstablementallykas's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

outsmartyourshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

2.0

Twenty-five years ago, Charlie Crabtree and Billy Roberts, killed a classmate in some kind of ritual, but whilst Billy went to prison, Charlie disappeared into thin air. Paul had been sort-of friends with both of them and a third boy, James, but had a falling out before the killing,, but he was still tainted by what happened, and he left home to go to university and never returned. Now his mother is ill and Paul returns to his home town, and he stays in his childhood home, but odd things start to happen. Is someone watching Paul, have they been waiting for his return? What happened to Charlie all those years ago, and is he still alive?

This started off well but it was a bit underwhelming to be fair. It couldn't make its mind up if it wanted to be a creepy thriller or a supernatural horror and didn't manage to be either. All the characters were so bland and dull, it was unfortunately a rather boring read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Animal death

gm_vak's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Murder, Torture, and Violence

sunshinestark's review against another edition

5.0

The Shadows is delightfully creepy, with twists you won't see coming from a mile away, and a must read. 25 years ago Charlie Crabtree committed a gruesome murder before disappearing. Since he was never found, there's always been speculation he's still alive out there. Now, copycat killers have emerged, inspired by what Charlie did, thrusting the case back into the limelight. Then, strange things begin to happen to those who knew Charlie as a teenager. Has Charlie truly been in hiding all this time? If so, why choose now to make himself known again? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

letmetakea_shelfie_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Child death

sgm926's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I read a lot of mystery novels so it's hard for books to genuinely surprise me, but this one did. I liked that the point of view switched between Paul and Amanda. The book was well written and the author did a good job with world building. It was overall a good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness and Animal death