Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Invited by Jennifer McMahon

16 reviews

purstiltski's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Vomit, and Child death

Minor: Grief, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Drug use

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

ggcd1981's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

The Invited foi meu primeiro de Jennifer McMahon e no geral foi decepcionante. Sendo justa com a autora eu estava com as expectativas altas porque havia ouvido Booktubers, uma em particular, elogiar o terror de McMahon bastante. Além disso a sinopse de The Invited soou para mim bastante sinistra e assustadora. Então devido a esses fatores minhas expectativas estavam altas e a obra acabou não atendendo. Todos os personagens eram irritantes. O livro segue duas perspectivas Helen, uma fanática por História, e Olive, uma adolescente cuja mãe “abandonou” ela e seu pai. A perspectiva de Helen foi a mais interessante pois nela era onde aconteciam os elementos sobrenaturais da narrativa. A perspectiva de Olive foi mais chata pois a garota estava concentrada em encontrar o tesouro de Hattie Breckenridge (a mulher que foi morta no local a muito tempo por ser uma espécie de bruxa, apesar de não usarem esse termo). Olive acreditava que achar o tesouro traria sua mãe de volta e com o desenvolvimento do livro ela passa de buscar o tesouro a buscar a verdade sobre o desaparecimento de sua mãe....e eu não me importava com nada disso pois Olive era irritante. 
 Em resumo The Invited foi OK e me entreteve, mas não me apeguei a nenhum personagem e a história foi bem previsível.

Uma coisa interessante sobre a experiência com esse livro é que aprendi algo sobre meu próprio gosto em leituras de terror. Descobri que fico menos interessada quando a revelação é que o real vilão é humano, ou seja, a moral da história é que os monstros reais são os humanos vivos. Esse conceito é demasiado realista e entediante para mim. O antagonista é humano e os fantasma são apenas para avisar/despistar o leitor...chato e frustrante.

Bom, ainda assim gostei de ter lido e não vou deixar de dar chances a McMahon, dou 3 estrelas. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Death, Sexual harassment, Genocide, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Stalking

Minor: Bullying and Car accident

books_hay's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I didn't want to put this book down! I was surprised by the final twist. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Murder

bookiesncreme's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, and Gun violence

cozy_gh0st's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Gun violence

anniup's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident, Sexual content, and Drug use

thiamoorhouse's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

geen_22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder

arijones91's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder