Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

The Woman in the Library, by Sulari Gentill

41 reviews

trippyotter's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Death of parent, Confinement, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Injury/injury detail, Sexual violence, Racism, Physical abuse, Medical content, Violence, Stalking, Medical trauma, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

bk2nocal's review

adventurous 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

4.25

Fun read. Some surprising twists and turns. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Violence

e_flah's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The Woman in the Library had a lot of different things happening in one fairly short book. For the most part, I found the layers of mysteries entertaining though I was disappointed with how brief the whodunit wrap-up at the end was. My biggest complaint was the lack of character development. All of the main characters felt a bit flat and didn't do much to keep me invested in the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault and Child abuse

Spoiler

attempted sexual assault of a minor

tamara_joy's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, Racism, and Death

someryarns's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Rape, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, and Stalking

aliciaurbain's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Death, and Stalking

linneak's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Stalking, Injury/injury detail, and Child abuse

notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Injury/injury detail, and Stalking

Minor: Racism

laura_keoski's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.75

This was one of the more creative murder mysteries I've read this year! I thought the plot-within-a-plot device was used in a really clever way, and allowed space to explore some interesting topics about the genre itself. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Torture, Mental illness, Death, Violence, Gaslighting, Stalking, Injury/injury detail, and Murder

Discussed in the book: COVID-19 pandemic, characters experiencing homelessness, prison incarceration

Spoiler

This book contains depictions of a serial killer, including some graphic descriptions of violence and murders

skyejay95's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

It was ok. I didn’t care about anyone enough to care when something bad happened to them. It was very slow. I was expecting a murder mystery and it wasn’t that until the last 30 pages. The subplot was the most interesting thing about the book and the fact the even in the world of the book, the mystery is fiction made me care less. Just wasn’t for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking and Murder