Reviews tagging 'Death'

My Murder by Katie Williams

40 reviews

missgrangerr's review

emotional sad 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? It's complicated

2.0

For me, this book rested on the end.  Unfortunately, I hated the ending which ruined the story overall.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicide, Murder, Death, Violence, and Medical content

dmalexander's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Grief and Death

calamitydeeds's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, and Toxic relationship

knikchevich's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Blood, Violence, Death, and Stalking

Moderate: Abandonment

harperjvick's review

the book just wasn’t good. too many random metaphors thrown in at random times and too many dull events and plot lines. the example of trying to be dystopian and failing miserably 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

vagaybond's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Death, Murder, Grief, and Mental illness

(Major spoilers, entire suspense level spoilers.)

The protagonist turns out to have not really died, and meets the alternate version of herself. This might be a bit too much unreality for some. The other version of herself who she found had ran away to abandon her family on an impulse because of postpartum depression. There are also significant parts of the story where it is suspected that the protagonist's husband had murdered her. There are graphic descriptions of the different possibilities that the protagonist envisions.

There is also a scene with a break-in, and a probably traumatized teenager as the witness who is

coached into lying about what happened

. Postpartum depression, early motherhood (and guilt relating to not being a good enough mother), some weird corporate PR exploitation, murder and descriptions of that, among other things, are all major themes in the story.

oliviamich's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

cyberhavok's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Pregnancy

katie_killebrew's review

dark funny 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

4.0

Fast-paced and entertaining. The narrator’s droll observations add levity to an otherwise grim serial killer-focused plot line. Most enjoyable for me (maybe because it was unexpected) was the author’s imagined not-so-distant future when the story takes place. Self-driving “autos,” VR second skins, and ultra high-tech screens and specs gave it an unexpected sci-fi spin.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death, Murder, and Violence

icebrrr's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Mental illness, Murder, and Death