Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Argylle by Elly Conway

6 reviews

henyouise's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

somehow this international spy thriller is kind of boring? For me it just makes no sense that Argylle would join the CIA and the whole thing falls off from there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use and War

uranaishi's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Torture, Death of parent, War, Car accident, and Confinement

Minor: Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Misogyny, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, and Slavery

taylormoore's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

sam_gartley91's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Liked the ending. I came in very confused bc I thought it was similar to the movie but rather it’s the book from the movie rather than what the movie is based on. At times the pov seemed very separated from the characters as if watching them from afar rather than actually being them. So sterile at times. I got better at keeping some of the characters separate but at times I had to go back and figure who was who. Over all not bad but not my favorite thriller/spy book. But that maybe have been me coming in with different expectations of what the story way suppose to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

jadencove's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, War, Death, and Kidnapping

onabookban's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, and Murder