Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

How To Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

27 reviews

beepbeep101's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Pregnancy

agathajanemaud1908's review against another edition

4.0

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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I found the first few chapters a bit clunky, but then I got wrapped up in the mystery and finished this book in three days. A bit more tension in the climax and more details and background about the main character would have made this book even better. I also found some developments/theories of the mystery hard to follow.
Looks like this is book one of a series, so I’m looking forward to more mysteries involving Great Aunt Frances’ files! There’s a lot of potential for a great series involving the village of Castle Knoll.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Infertility, Blood, Vomit, Car accident

Minor: Abandonment

goldenlake's review

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Alcohol

caitgiam's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence, Infertility

tamara_joy's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Infertility, Grief, Alcohol

purplepenning's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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Really wanted to love it, but my interest kept wandering, which made it difficult to keep a large cast of characters in two different timelines straight. Great premise, but maybe a tighter edit would've been more to my tastes. I was unexpectedly bored and annoyed by the 1960s bright young things timeline — teen drama often affects me that way. And the present-day story managed to be both packed with clues and yet lacking a sense of urgency to drive it. I did enjoy that it felt like a fair, classical mystery, though — I had half of it figured out before the reveal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Classism

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torturedreadersdept's review

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident, Outing