Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

132 reviews

cealotte's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

I LOVED Adalyn Grace's previous YA duology, so I was really excited for this one. Overall, I enjoyed the writing and the mystery. But.

I found it super weird that Death had known her since she was a baby and been following her since then. Given that, I was hoping he'd just be a creepy mentor. Not the love interest. 

Also, I was very disappointed that Signa didn't tell anyone the truth about Percy at the end. It felt cruel that everyone was going to keep hoping he'd come back—that they'd potentially spend the rest of their lives looking for him.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Vomit and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Gore

theresamothinmyroom's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Alcoholism, Grief, Medical trauma, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, and Gore

andreapepsii's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

I loved this book, but I wish it were 100 pages more to give some characters the depth they deserved. The ending felt a bit rushed, aside from that great read and will continue the saga in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism and Infidelity

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

There's an interesting idea here but the execution is lacking. 

The writing is mediocre, the plot develops at a glacial pace, the characters aren't fully developed and the relationships between them are unconvincing. 

I don't care enough to continue with this series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, Murder, and Death

Minor: Physical abuse and Religious bigotry

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Alcoholism, Death, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

qrb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

chilivanilli28's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

hazel_oat's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Alcohol, Misogyny, Vomit, Alcoholism, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

kwthor's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical trauma, Gore, Death, Confinement, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

kiwij96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

This is such a well-written and emotionally engaging book to start a series. I was genuinely hooked from the first sentence and tried to guess what was going to happen throughout only to be right once. Don't let the "romance" trick you though, this was a fantastic murder mystery throughout. If murder mysteries and connecting with Death were set in the world of Bridgerton. So if any of that seems like your kind of thing then I 100% recommend this book.

Literally my only gripe with this book was the romance. Personally, I thought it was a bit disjointed and didn't work with the overall theme of the book. This would have done wonderfully as a historical fantasy mystery, the romance just adds nothing to it other than 2-3 counts of implied, but unnecessary, sexual content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Vomit, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual content