Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Jack Spintecătorul. Crimele din Whitechapel by Kerri Maniscalco

59 reviews

millys_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

dairaglynn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Wow this book was so much better than I expected! It gripped me from the first chapter and kept me intrigued the entire time. 

Audrey Rose has some serious feminist energy going for a young woman in London 1880s, and it's spectacular. 

I hope the next books are just as good, if not better!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Cannibalism

kmizzzle's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It was a fun mystery. Loosely based on Jack the Ripper, though it the story was altered to be based around Audrey Rose. I enjoyed Audrey Rose's character; watching her develop a spine throughout the story was nice (though homegirl had to constantly remind herself of that). And Thomas was very fun, though a bit of an odd duck. I liked that Audrey Rose was doing something women of her time didn't do - she was an apprentice to her uncle, who was a coroner. There were a few things that didn't make sense by the end (e.g., the medium; the old valet and what he was talking about about) but the mystery itself was fine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Police brutality, Grief, and Death of parent

kaylin5656's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Kinda gory....but I loved the mystery, read the whole thing in an afternoon. Her and the love interest bicker all the time and are very sweet. I was completely shocked by who the killer ended up being, and the ending caught me completely off guard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

alexis19's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Grief and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Cannibalism and Gaslighting

em_of_swags's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.75

while the book was very thrilling and I enjoyed it, I feel like a lot of aspects were woven in and then just forgotten about/never explained fully? idk whether that will be picked up on in following books though.

I don't think it needed the lovestory, really, but I guess it can't be avoided

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Drug use, Sexual assault, and Torture

readinggoblin's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, and Murder

lotasoler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

rarity's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Sexism, Vomit, and Grief