Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Lies Like Wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

8 reviews

oaliceyyo's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Grief, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

rayneyisreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

calamityin's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Rape, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

luxintenebris'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I have no idea how i feel after finishing this book, but i couldn't put it down. The two plots entwine and create an unreliable narrator, who i feel so odd about now that i don't know how i feel about the ending, but one thing is for sure, this book highlights how one mistake, one lie, can turn into a web that you can get trapped in, and that your actions have consequences.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

Minor: Child abuse

sofitzgibbons's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Animal death, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse

ashtree_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

I finished this book in one day and I have no idea what to say about it. I feel like it threw me against a wall. I can't even tell if I'd recommend it. I'll get back to you on that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide

thetealdeal's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Murder

blackcoffee_andgoodbooks's review against another edition

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

3.0

With a brilliant opening line, this one drew me straight it - “I’m not dressed to find a body. I’m wearing cutoffs and a thin white tank top.”

This book was set from the perspective on Hannah, one of five teenagers who made a stupid mistakes and then have to live out their lies as it fears them apart.

Hannah from the outset, is a very dislikable character. It’s clear she’s selfish and is definitely one you can only love to hate. Despite being 18 and ready to go to college, they all give very bratty teenager vibes.

This was a super fast paced read, set in 2 parts. Following the event and the aftermath, while watching a very close knit group of lifelong friends struggle with what they’ve done as the wildfire rages and the police look for evidence on who the culprits are. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, and Death

Minor: Death of parent and Alcoholism