Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Mrs England by Stacey Halls

12 reviews

emma_sky's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting and Toxic relationship

Minor: Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Terminal illness

cloud_kitty_cat's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

elviolet's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Murder, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

eellww's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

I still have questions. I think some ideas were touched upon but then either were never picked up again or not explored fully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Death, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Bullying, Abandonment, Infidelity, Classism, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Grief, Sexism, Classism, Bullying, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, and Pregnancy

mattypallett's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

An easy and captivating read. However I also felt slightly underwhelmed by the conclusion of the book - to me, the beginning and the end of the book felt like two different stories. It made me think I was going to get a book about some great mystery or scheme, but the ‘reveal’ was pretty tame & predictable. Perhaps the signposting was a little too overt - but it’s a difficult thing to get right; to make a ‘reveal’ make sense and not appear out-of-nowhere, without making it too apparent what would happen. 

Feel like we definitely should’ve gotten a more emotional and less abrupt parting for the characters too.

Saying all of that, I enjoyed Ruby as a character very much & I thought the writing style was the perfect level of descriptive and detailed without getting tedious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death

books_are_magical's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder

obscenerity's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

Moderate: Murder

linkamarisa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Death of parent, and Death

tamara_joy's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Confinement

kyahs's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Grief