Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Murder Road by Simone St. James

25 reviews

michelle_mightbereading's review

funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Minor: War

shesflippinpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Kidnapping, Violence, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Stalking

chloebear21's review

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse

author2223's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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: Mental illness, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racism

carissa230's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

April and Eddie take a wrong turn and end up the center of a murder investigation. 

They find a girl walking down the street and offer her a ride. It becomes obvious that something is terribly wrong with her and they take her to the hospital where she passes. 

It's a small town so obviously they want to immediately blame April and Eddie for the murder. It doesn't help that Eddie was discharged from the military due to some indiscretions he had. He also has some mental health issues from his time. 

April has some secrets of her own. She has been running most of her life and had no intention of stopping now. She just wants to help solve these murders first. 

Told in traditional Simone St. James style we get a little of the present mixed with the past. There is murder, paranormal activity, and mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

shawniejo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Gore, Death of parent, Mental illness, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Car accident, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

soobooksalot's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I've said this before, but Simone St. James is one of my auto-buy authors.
Hands-down, no question. Murder Road was everything I have come to expect from her and more. Loved it.
Murder Road doesn't take place in a dual timeline like her others. It's 1995, and newlyweds April and Eddie find themselves on a wrong road en route to their honeymoon destination. 
They come to learn the storied and tragic history of Atticus Line and find themselves being investigated for the most recent murder.
This is a thriller with a touch of the supernatural, and Murder Road's "Lost Girl" won't be one to soon forget.
Recommended!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Murder, Car accident, and Mental illness

jocelyn62013's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Blood

Minor: War, Death of parent, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

burnourhistory's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cancer, Addiction, and Child abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Racism

dblue236's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

This author is rapidly becoming one of my favorites, and this might possibly be her best yet- of the ones I've read, at least. I loved the creepy horror movie feel of the story and while there was at least one aspect of the twist toward the end that was predictable, I still loved watching it play out. I couldn't put this down and burned through it in about a day and a half, and I can't wait for the next one from Simone St. James!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Cancer