Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Oracle by Andrew Pyper

5 reviews

cnannery19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Police brutality, Addiction, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

scottnap's review

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Body horror, and Death

jasmine256's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicide

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

violetsonata93's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Couldn’t find the french canadian version of the audiobook on this app but it is the one I read on Audible. I LOVED it. Almost gave up in the beginning because I didn’t understand the narrator was reading newspapers, but I am glad I stuck with it. The story was mysterious and horrific all at once. I really enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

ladylothlorien's review

dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

This was so engrossing! I found myself listening as often as I could just to find out what happened. There were a few times when the main character was annoyingly repetitively emo and a bit of a stereotypical “cop who doesn’t play by the rules and whose life is really messed up.” It’s frustrating when what he does clearly interferes with the attempts to save the missing kid. But the plot is pretty solid and the tension ramps up pretty steadily to a good ending. Joshua Jackson is a great narrator too; he does a pretty good job of differentiating characters although sometimes it was hard to tell what the main character was saying out loud versus just in his head. I’d definitely read another book by the author especially if it continues as a series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, and Torture

Moderate: Alcoholism

Everything to do with The Bone Man is pretty graphic and gory. And the crimes that are being investigated are disturbing especially as children are often involved.