Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Agathas by Liz Lawson, Kathleen Glasgow

39 reviews

corals's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Car accident, Murder, Death of parent, and Grief

bookcheshirecat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

“An English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections. Also known as the bestselling author of all time. Also, one bad bitch.” 

➽ The Agathas is a fun mystery set at Castle Cove, where popular girl Brooke Donovan has just gone missing. The story follows her ex-best friend Alice, who disappeared for 5 days and caused a bit of a scandal. People no longer trust her and Brooke, who was supposed to be her best friend, ended up dating her ex-boyfriend. Like most people at her school, Alice is pretty well-off and has more than enough money to hire a tutor. Iris Adams is whip-smart but from the poor side of town. She's always looking for more ways to make money in order to escape her difficult home situation.

Her father's abusive and even though they got a restraining order, he's still a threat to her family.

I liked seeing Iris' and Alice's unlikely friendship develop, as both of them set out to solve the mystery of Brooke's disappearance and subsequent murder. I loved that they used Agatha Christie's mystery books as inspiration to solve the case. The story isn't fully realistic in parts, but I still had a fun time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment

harrietcarrot72's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I flipping LOVE this book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, and Gore

Minor: Drug use, Violence, and Alcohol

Includes an ongoing story with one of the main characters suffering from domestic abuse and also

the victim's dad's girlriend kills her bc she said that her dad was too good for her

also brief mentions of sex and crude language

kshertz's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Excellent mystery! I couldn’t guess who did it. I found the two protagonists to be fascinating and I loved them. The story makes sense and there’s so much going on that gets wrapped up beautifully. Highly recommend it as a lighter mystery to try to solve. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Death of parent, Child death, Body horror, Death, and Domestic abuse

goldyyy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, and Stalking

amibo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, Violence, Abandonment, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

radler's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Grief, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Drug use

steffi_lag's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

nastyabbj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Classism, Death, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, and Violence

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.25

And why was it not sapphic? Hmmm??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Car accident, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Grief