Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

124 reviews

tabookish's review against another edition

mysterious fast-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Child abuse, Death, Racism, and Sexual content

crswit16's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Murder

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

Book within a book? Check.
Metatextual elements? Check.
Surprisingly satisfying romance? Check.
Twist ending? Checkkkkk.
I loved this!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Stalking, Child abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Racism and Sexual assault

wrenl's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

A very trippy book. It’s almost a story within a story. 

The actual mystery about the women in the library doesn’t feel like a mystery. It’s more a mystery about Cain than anything else. And I just wasn’t a big fan of that story. In a way, the letters distracted from the Cain story. There wasn’t a good balance between the letters and the library mystery. 

I finished feeling a bit dissatisfied with the mystery and plot elements. I wanted more from the letters. There were tantalizing details about the Leo from the letters. Who is this person? How did they get Hannah’s information? All very curious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Stalking, Gun violence, and Murder

mountainstobeach's review

dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

The book moves along quickly although there are multiple aspects that require one to suspend belief. Overall it is entertaining and worth the time to read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

vj_thompson's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

The ending had me questioning what I just read. Overall, the plot kinda of dragged once I reached the halfway point. There were so many plot twists happening that it was hard to keep up. I loved the duel story element. The emails were a nice touch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Gun violence, Stalking, Child abuse, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Racism, and Sexual assault

alicelalicon's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

3keekee0's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Really cool ideas for sure. Nice use of the book within a book type trope, but I did find myself wanting for a little more complexity within the main plot line, as well as a little more details in the Leo plot line. Overall a solid mystery, but not one I'll be shouting from the rooftops about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

magdalenahai's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

Ajoittain häiritseväkin kahden itsenäisen tarinalinjan dekkari. Aluksi olin skeptinen siitä, miten kerronnallinen ratkaisu mahtaa onnistua immersion rakentamisessa, mutta sitten "fiktiivinen" dekkarijuoni alkoi vetää kivasti ja 

"todellisuuden" Leo alkoi vaikuttaa juuri oikeassa tahdissa creepyltä. Erityisesti nautin siitä, miten kirjailija Leon kautta paljasti omankin valkoisen lukijan biakseni. Häiritsevää ja oivaltavaa! "Todellisen" maailman konfliktin ratkaisu tapahtui aavistuksen helposti, mutta Leon creepiys sai "fiktiivisen" juonen lopun tuntumaan odottamattoman karmealta.

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Torture

bluecardinal's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, Rape, Domestic abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Classism, Gun violence, and Racism