Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

99 reviews

lpdx's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Violence, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Child death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

alexklinect's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

Definitely a page turner! Unfortunately, the abundance of language combined with the irritating, unlovable, and unbelievable characters (all of them) as well as the convoluted ending made this only a 3-star rating for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

bessadams's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

savreads28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical content, Cursing, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, Gore, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Violence

cassroberts89's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.5

It’s been a while since I read Reckless Girls, but I remember enjoying that book much more than I did this one. It’s a page-turner, but not really a twisty thriller. And the romance/not-romance didn’t really do much for me. Still, it was a fun quick read. I couldn’t put it down mainly because I wanted to watch this dumpster fire play out till the end. 

And I still haven’t read anything by the Brontës. Guess I need to get on that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Confinement

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Toxic friendship

classicsandcatnaps's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Violence

enchantedmammal's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Minor: Toxic relationship

erin_l's review against another edition

funny mysterious 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? No

2.5

Pretty typical of the genre, with the twist of being a modern-day telling of one of my favorite books, Jane Eyre, but without the hopefulness, wisdom, and decency of it’s source material.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

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

rachel_stout's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse and Violence

grace33's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Confinement

Minor: Fire/Fire injury