Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco

158 reviews

kayisgay's review

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Sexism and Death of parent

beccarox7's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Physical abuse, and Drug abuse

em_of_swags's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

while the book was very thrilling and I enjoyed it, I feel like a lot of aspects were woven in and then just forgotten about/never explained fully? idk whether that will be picked up on in following books though.

I don't think it needed the lovestory, really, but I guess it can't be avoided

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Violence, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Grief

Minor: Sexual assault, Torture, and Drug use

khlol_18's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Medical content, and Death

readinggoblin's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, and Cursing

hdoomk'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Medical content, Body horror, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Murder, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

belaa_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

lotasoler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Torture, Grief, Gore, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Drug use, Murder, Stalking, Body horror, Blood, Classism, Sexism, Drug abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Vomit

claire_perry20's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

I guessed the plot twist in the first quarter of the book, but then I reminded myself this is a book for young adult readers. It was really annoying for me, as a social worker, to have the protagonist and the authors note at the end embellish the fact that the victims were daughters, mothers, sisters, etc because I think their personhood isn’t contingent upon relation to others but that’s a me problem. I can appreciate a female protagonist who is tough and feminine but the author doesn’t seem to understand the show don’t tell concept. Audrey Rose said it several times throughout the book. Took me a long time to get through because it moved slowly and got boring but I could understand why people liked it. Just not for me and I don’t think I’ll read more of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent

wait_whoissheagain's review

adventurous dark 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

3.5

I read this with my book club, and I’m glad that I did. I enjoyed the witty banter between Audrey Rose and Thomas, with me wanting to simultaneously whack Thomas and giggling at the things he said! I also enjoyed that our main character went against societal norms, but did not reject all things considered ‘proper’. We were presented with a well-rounded and realistic character that was easy to connect with. I felt all of the pain and anger that she experienced at the world that was just trying to make a housewife out of her.

I did, however, see the twist coming, and while the book was still well written, I was hoping to be surprised by a devastating turn of events. 

I’ve always been interested in Jack the Ripper and the hold he had over London so this book was definitely interesting, and I loved the inclusion of images at the beginning of different chapters. Overall, this was a great pick for my book club, and I can see myself reading the next book in the series, though it is not at the top of my list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Medical content