Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

The Last Word by Taylor Adams

91 reviews

redhare's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Violence, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism

eujenia_m's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Gun violence, Death, Child death, Grief, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Stalking

Moderate: Blood and Vomit

katiedesando's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Murder, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

jeninthebooks08's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

This was SO GOOD! 4.5 ⭐️
Finally, a book right up my alley.
I had such a fun time reading this one, flicking through the pages so fast. It was fast-paced, wildly chaotic, and at times somewhat predictable, yet it really worked for the story.

A few plotholes here and there, but nothing that bothered my reading experience, and I found the characters to be well-written as well. (So tired of unlikeable characters!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident and Child death

reahbee'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

THE DOG IS FINE. Lest anyone dnf for fear. No promises on any of the people.

This was so much more than the suspenseful, slasher-y book I thought I was getting into (though it was that too.) A master class on how to end a story, with plenty of twists to keep you guessing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Gore, Alcoholism, Sexism, Gun violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Domestic abuse, Self harm, Pandemic/Epidemic, Infertility, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, and Physical abuse

child death

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car accident

emory's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Suicide, Child death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Murder, Misogyny, and Car accident

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Domestic abuse and Mass/school shootings

sammietee's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

I really disliked one of the main twists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Murder, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Infertility and Child death

braxtond08's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Gun violence, Grief, Addiction, Murder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

Minor: Infertility

zosiablue's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

 Parts of this were so clever and fascinating and I tore through it. The author played with tricky perspectives in a way that gave the whole thing a dreamy feel and it had a ton of heart.

It was odd at first - the plot revolves around a caricatured red-pilled neckbeard type who goes after a reader who gave his published book one star. 

But some of the complaints the fictional reader had were complaints I had about the real author's previous books, namely about writing women badly and exploitive violence. So at first, I was like 😬 WHOOPS IS THIS GUY GONNA COME KILL ME?! (The author's note assures us all he won't.) 

But because of this, it was difficult to tell if he was satirizing his own criticism or not seeing himself in it. 

REGARDLESS, it was imperfect but action-packed and tightly plotted with about five (well done) false endings and I had a great time. And oh yeah: the dog is OK!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Grief, Murder, Infertility, Stalking, Car accident, and Child death

_alyssabrown's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Child death, Cursing, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Self harm, Violence, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Stalking, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail