Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Quarter Storm by Veronica G. Henry

7 reviews

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

The inclusion of Voodou and a scattered amateur sleuth with absolutely no idea what she's doing help this mystery stand out. Definitely interesting enough to pick up the sequel.

There is nothing redeeming about Roman Frost, and I cheered in the parking lot scene when he said he was done with Reina. But then he came back at the end, and I'm deeply distraught about that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Death, Police brutality, Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Gun violence

Minor: Medical content, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexism, Racism, and Body shaming

Graphic: Police corruption Minor: Questionable consent

wordsareworlds's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

This book got off to a fine start, but quickly lost me in the ways it flattened its characters and mined the realities of police brutality for a thin urban fantasy plot while simultaneously made a complicit, religious bigot cop the ongoing love interest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Grief, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Slavery and Blood

xcampuskiddo's review

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

While it was interesting to get a mystery story from the POV of a fairly unusual literary character, the pace was tedious and the detail  were sometimes too irrelevant to the storyline for this book to be interesting from a plot perspective. I finished it because I was too far in to not finish it, but I don't have an interest in picking up the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Police brutality and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gun violence, Child abuse, Blood, Colonisation, Slavery, and Alcohol

anna_23's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Police brutality

peachani's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Gun violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gore, Police brutality, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Death, Racism, Slavery, Gaslighting, Blood, and Infertility

shann_reads_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

I enjoyed this read, but was not enthralled nor did the plot entice me to continue. I contemplated not finishing this many times, it finally got remotely interesting at 70%. Easy read, intriguing storyline but it just didn't catch me right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

achay91's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Police brutality