Reviews tagging 'Grief'

My Murder by Katie Williams

12 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Dysphoria, and Medical content

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Stalking, and Pregnancy

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy and Stalking

erkoning's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

This was a very thought provoking book, and I would highly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Grief, and Medical content

alyssa2012's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

Very good book. Moved fast but not too fast. Kept you entertained.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Kidnapping, Murder, and Death

Contains the following tropes: Unreliable narrator, shared trauma, whodunit, slight government conspiracy, dark secret, maybe artificial intelligence and alternate universe.

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

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.

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Murder

aliciavalenski's review

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Gaslighting, Medical content, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Stalking, Body horror, Death, and Domestic abuse

katbrookhart's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death, and Murder