Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

38 reviews

yinzer_barbie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder

kadtide's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

It's trying to be And Then There Were None, pretty explicitly, and I think it does an okay job of that. But I didn't really like it. The twist makes sense (although the epilogue didn't and that annoyed me). It was hard to care about any of the characters because they didn't have a ton of depth, and it felt like a lot of the book was just not having the information to know what was going on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Child death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Ableism, Alcohol, Dementia, and Panic attacks/disorders

reflectiverambling_nalana's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Child death

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gun violence, Grief, Stalking, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, and Infidelity

missgrangerr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Adore Peter Swanson's books and this is no exception. The characters are likeable and the story moves quickly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

sarahna's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, Infidelity, Murder, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

  When nine people get a list of names in the mail, and one of them ends up dead, they're all at risk. But why are they on the list?
    I saw the twist at the very end of the book coming, but not who the killer was or exactly why he was killing people.
   The killer's life's not fair, woe is me, I'm a rich cis het white guy routine was annoying and I didn't feel bad for him. I mean people die and sometimes it's someone's fault and sometimes it's not, but retribution on the people isn't what we need.

Narrator Rating: 4.5 stars
    For this big of an author, I think they should have gotten different narrators for each person, even if it's told in the 3rd person. 

Extra ratings: Fluff  -NA    Heartfelt- 4/5   Helpful -NA    Horror -NA    Inspiration -NA    Love aka Romance- 1/5    Mystery -3/5   Predictability -2.5/5    Spice-0.5/5    Suspense -5/5   Tear- 2/5   Thrill - 4/5     Humor-0/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Alcohol, Child death, and Drug use

Moderate: Dementia, Racism, Stalking, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content

uhhlexiconic's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.5

Nine Lives' hook is also its anchor. Unlike the Christie novel it emulates, it keeps the characters largely separate and creates mundane scenes leading up to their deaths. The narrative ends some of the more promising stories early, and misses some of the juicier implications of the narrative. Absolutely readable but ultimately a case of wasted potential

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide

martine3's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Child death, and Gun violence

Minor: Homophobia

hmetwade's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Suicide, Murder, Child death, and Grief