Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Perfect Girl by Gilly Macmillan

5 reviews

brynhayes's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

amberv92's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I normally hate books that jump from character to character but this was so beautifully written!! The characters match so well and their growth through the book is shown just right. The only thing I would say I would want is to know a little more about Sam, Richard, and Lucas I wish they just had a little more story. But overall this book is a must TBR! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infertility, Violence, Addiction, and Death

espressoreader's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Animal death, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Murder, Cancer, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Suicide

lpdx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Murder

lindsaysofia_25's review against another edition

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

4.0

I really liked the main character because (minus the vehicular manslaughter) she was very relatable. I also liked the plot because it was a new, weird in the best way, murder mystery style. By that I mean that the murder was not the only mystery and wasn't even the main mystery, there was also lots of character development going on so there was lots to think about which I enjoyed. The beginning is a bit slow and there is a bit of weird phrasing which bothered me so it loses points there. I also liked the way that readers were led to like certain characters only for reasons to dislike them to be later revealed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder