Reviews tagging 'Murder'

A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh

12 reviews

joyreads2024's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

For anyone wanting mystery set in remote New Zealand with a touch of romance, pick this book up! It’ll leave you thinking about it for days to come.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

ejsimpson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Infidelity, and Animal death

Moderate: Rape and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child death and Child abuse

audreylee's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Set in New Zealand, this should have been much more atmospheric. Setting all of this death and darkness in such a vibrant, lush place, but no. The plotting was off and the characters felt weirdly flat. It was an ok mystery but the villains were almost flagged. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Minor: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child death

sophiareadswaytoomuch's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. I've read a lot of romance by this author and I was blown away by how well her talents transferred to this genre.
 As always, her characters and worldbuilding were so vividly described that I felt like I was there in person. I loved the depiction of the small coastal New Zealand town, and how the main character (Anahera) responds to moving back there. 
Also I'm not usually a huge romance fan, but I really liked the love interest and I was rooting for them throughout. All of the characters were amazingly written and I will be rereading this book purely to visit them again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Grief

Moderate: Murder and Sexual violence

harriebo's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, and Domestic abuse

udari's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Grief

christina_ro's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

I always enjoy Nalini Singh books, she’s probably one of my favorite authors and this is an excellent murder/mystery novel. If you like Nora Roberts’ mysteries like The Search, you’d enjoy this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, and Child abuse

funfetti7's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Really enjoyed this book, though I didn't like the conclusion of the mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

thegracefulone1's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

This was recommended to me as a mystery romance and it is way more of a mystery. I would not categorize it as a typical romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Infertility

The miscarriage is mentioned but does not take place on page. It is mentioned more often than once and that is why I put it as moderate.

sylvanas's review against another edition

challenging 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

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Miscarriage