Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

111 reviews

mandi_lea's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

daylajane's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

whatbeccareadnext's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

Adrienne Young writes the most beautiful prose. I adored this novel. It was a little bit outside of my usual genre, but I was absolutely captivated by the mystery and magic of June's life. I read Adrienne's other adult novel 'Spells for Forgetting' when it came out last year and, although I did enjoy it, it wasn't something I found myself thinking about or wanting to read again. This story, however, had me hooked all the way through. It is relatively short, which helped keep the story moving at a good pace, and it is full of intrigue and mystery and just a dash of romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Pregnancy

mackennac's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

veni_vidi_legi's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death of parent and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Cursing, Blood, and Abandonment

rambling_willow's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

4.5

Love this book. It was unique, I don't think I've seen anything with a plot like this before. 
There was a good sense of mystery that good be hooked from the beginning. Although the story was rather predictable, there were a few plot twist that got me shifting in my seat. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

jla's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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? No

4.0

Adrienne Young's books always have beautiful settings and world development. This wasn't my favorite book by her, though. This book was anxiety inducing and tense.   Time travel always gives me a headache. I feel like I'll never understand quantum physics,  the space time continuum, and parallel universes. I'll just take the authors word for it that it works.

The Mason situation made me really sad. I wish the origin of the curse and locket had been exposed. </ spoiler>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

thesonnetsilence's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad 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

I loved this book. It is a top 5 read of the year for me.

As a loving mother of a 4-year-old daughter and a wife of a dedicated husband, this book struck so many chords with me. I was sobbing by the end of it. 

The romance and love in the book felt so genuine and true to life for me. The setting of the book was breathtaking and so vividly written. And the writing in general was so beautiful, I didn’t want to stop reading.

I too was a tad confused with the time travel element, however I loved everything else about this book so much, I doesn’t even matter to me.  I’m so happy I was able to experience this story, and look forward to more from this author in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence

gondorgirl's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Police brutality, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder