Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Magpie by Elizabeth Day

16 reviews

iamnita's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book started so well and the idea was well-done. I could see that we were headed somewhere twisty and then I got surprised by a twist I should have but didn't see coming. By 70% I was so excited by the rest of the book but honestly wish I'd just stopped there. It's almost as if the author dropped the plot and then had a deadline to get to. Which was disappointing. I also could have done without the last chapter. But the vibes were immaculate to 70%.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Violence, Infertility, Stalking, and Confinement

velvet_young's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Infertility, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Stalking

franticfreya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Blood, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

Moderate: Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Grief, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Stalking

hodgeonlucy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Gaslighting, Infertility, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Miscarriage, and Violence

xbernadette's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Blood, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, and Violence

blunt87's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

Meh, it was ok. As someone who’s gone through IVF and is about to lose their fertility at a young age I can relate to Kate 
It felt like this book took me ages to read, and I’ve found it a bit of a slog to get to the end, I didn’t want to give up because I wanted to know how it ended and what I thought would happen didn’t which really was a bonus because my head went to a very different place 
Worth a read if you have the time, don’t think I’d recommend it to friends as it just didn’t give me the “psychological thriller” vibe I was expecting. It’s very PG 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Infertility, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

heather077's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Infertility

Moderate: Rape, Stalking, Sexual content, and Miscarriage

hayleyholliday's review against another edition

2.75

This book was brilliant from about 30%-70% but before and after that, I found it really flat. I really liked the idea but I feel like the ending was more like the ending to a romance novel rather than a psychological thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Stalking

catbells360's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Violence

ellynicholem's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, Blood, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence