Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Lying Game by Ruth Ware

31 reviews

kaymlink's review against another edition

challenging mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Self harm, Child abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

ksilvio's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Suicide, Addiction, and Death

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

dslcer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Animal death, and Murder

daniofthewood's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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: Murder, Drug use, and Classism

bessadams's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Self harm, Infidelity, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic relationship, Incest, and Toxic friendship

adelinebal4's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide, Islamophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Child abuse, Addiction, Self harm, Animal death, Incest, Alcohol, and Cancer

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was an interesting story, but I felt like the ending was a little unsatisfying. The very, very ending I appreciated, but it's just a bummer to get sucked into a story expecting a good payoff, and then not getting it. Also! I am really wondering if there was a Muslim sensitivity reader for the part of Fatima. Parts just didn't seem nuanced. Also, Fatima and her family were named the first names that come up when you search "common Muslim names" on Google, which I did to verify. There may be a reading of this that says that since Kate is the main POV that we're getting, the book is written as a white person's view of Islamic practices, since it's Kate's view. But that also feels like a blah reason. Like this whole "you cover your hair now and that makes you a whole different person" thing is like... but what if we didn't?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Incest, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Medical content

The MC talks quite a lot about her young baby, and that might be not excellent for anyone going through a time where they don't want to read lots of worshipful language about babies.

mdgoodrich's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I struggled to care about any of the main characters - not even in an anti-hero sort of way. Isa was constantly squeezing things too tightly because she was always on edge and holding everything in. I hated the way she treated Owen! I cared much more for the minor male characters, wow did these women ruin their lives. Not a shocking reveal in the end, but the pace picked up the last few chapters and I had to know what happened. Didn’t hate it, but didn’t love it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death and Drug abuse

katipheria's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Incest, Drug use, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Adult/minor relationship

If you're squeamish about child rearing-related topics, there is very frequent, detailed mention of breastfeeding, as the main character is a new mother who has her infant daughter with her throughout the entirety of the book.

viperemu'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Incest, and Murder