Reviews tagging 'Grief'

When I'm Dead by Hannah Morrissey

9 reviews

katk1ndl3's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I'm jot a huge mystery reader, so while this book did keep my attention I didn't really like it. I liked that I couldn't figure out until the last 50 pages who had killed the girls and kidnapped Chloe. But i didn't like that as soon as you found out they got her back so quick with like no obstacles. It was too quick.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Medical content, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Animal cruelty, Gore, and Medical trauma

hhanock's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming and Bullying

Minor: Suicide and Kidnapping

bluz19's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

 This book is under the category of psychological, puzzle, multiple viewpoints, and whodunnit. The story was full of action, very much a thriller/ suspenseful vibe which kept me guessing and enthralled the entire book. It was interesting because we get the point of view of a multitude of characters throughout the story. We get a lot of intel about the case that even the characters don’t get until the end of the story. The characters feel real, you never know who is gonna be the culprit or what the “why” is until you least expect it. The book moves fast but I felt like all characters felt flushed out. Every part of the story was so thought out, the writing was beautiful, dark, and poetic. The tension, pacing, secrets/ lies, and creepy atmosphere was flooding this book. The twists/ turns in the book were definitely shocking me and became more gripping with each page turn. 

I love that this book kept me guessing, the author kept me pointing my fingers at everyone to blame. Every time I thought I had it figured out, they uncovered another layer of the crime.

If you are looking for a dark whodunnit based in teenage drama, with the turn of the parents of a missing child trying to determine where their daughter is, and all of the mental fortitude that come with that then this will be a good book for you. It does have some gruesome, descriptive scenes and teen bullying, I was very happy to have gotten to read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, and Abandonment

madihoo713'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Gore, Body shaming, Child death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Mental illness, Grief, Bullying, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Sexual content, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Adult/minor relationship

kris386's review

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Death of parent, Bullying, Fatphobia, Gore, Murder, Mental illness, Body shaming, Animal death, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Racism, and Misogyny

louisekf's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Toxic friendship

danielle70's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Bullying, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Classism, Suicide, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Stalking

vj_thompson's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Hannah Morrissey’s writing is so lyrical and beautiful. I was hesitant to pick up the book but I’m glad I did. I want to read her other books! There were parts of the story that frustrated me, mainly the disconnect between Rowan and Axel. I know this was intentional. Libby’s perspective was a conflicting read but ultimately her character is misunderstood. This was a great mystery thriller and I wish more books were written like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Murder, Death, Mental illness, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Grief, Animal death, Suicide, Body horror, Fatphobia, Bullying, Gore, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, and Medical content

Minor: Abandonment, Sexual content, and Sexism

theknitterwithabook's review

mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

I would like to thank St Martin's Press, Minotaur Books and NetGalley for a copy of this e-ARC in exchange for an honest opinion. 

I must admit that, when I started reading this book and knowing it was the third in a serie, I was anxious if I would miss any important information mentioned in the previous books. While being part of a serie, each book can be read independantly. The thing they have in common is that they are set in the same town. So don't let that deter you to pick this one.

Overall, that was an excellent read. I kept trying to guess who was the murderer... and I kept being wrong! The author did a good job at casually dropping minute and isolated details about some side characters and it made you flag them as suspicious right away. 

I sat on the tip of my chair the whole time reading it, the pacing was excellent. This is exactly what I'm looking for when I read a thriller. And now knowing that Black Harbor is ridden with crimes, that just makes me want to pick up the other two books by the author!

The only flaw, in my opinion, was the backstory of the murderer. I would have liked to have a little bit more info on what flipped the switch, what was the trigger. It really is a minor flaw. 

Highly recommend if you're looking for a quick paced thriller, murder mystery.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Child death, Gore, Body horror, and Grief