Reviews tagging 'Death'

One Last Breath by Ginny Myers Sain

8 reviews

kimbj87's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Death of parent

creolelitbelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.75

The atmosphere of humid Florida really comes alive in this book, as with the previous two books I've read by the author. I wanted to experience the little swimming and dive spots of Tru and her companions. If I was not so invested in the identity of the serial killer from two decades ago and who might have killed Bailey and Celeste, I would have dnfed the book at the poor treatment of East. He deserved better from nearly everyone around him except his buddy Paz, who seemed like a good friend. The remembrances of Tru and Rio fit nicely into the story but also feel far-fetched. Tru being connected to Bailey, a native of the same town, has an air of poetry to it, but I have trouble buying Rio's story. The reader is reminded repeatedly by multiple characters, including Tru as narrator, that Rio is a liar, but we are expected to believe everything she says, which makes me wonder what nefarious plans does she have for Tru? Who is Rio really? Tru came across as selfish and reserved despite growing up in the supposedly small town, so I suspect she will have the life she deserves. In the meantime, #justiceforEast. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Addiction

styxx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Car accident

josequervo31's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Such a great read! Every time I thought I knew who did it, the author threw me for a loop! So good!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

chanlo1994's review

dark emotional mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is so "Florida". Maybe that's why I loved it so much. There's so much nostalgia from the setting that other books taking place here just don't get. Mount Orange and Hidden Glen are fictional, but I've absolutely been there before. And excellent mystery making too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gore, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

Additional content warning: Drowning

xen0b3at's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death

Minor: Child death

warlocksarecool21's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

this book was a mess 😂. I was really interested in the beginning, the suspense and atmosphere was written really well but it got sooo slow like for a thriller nothing happened until the 60-70% mark. A lot of the plot was predictable for me, and not because of good foreshadowing imo. I just could not get on board with the driving factor of this plot

(that Rio and Tru were reincarnations of Celeste and Bailey)

. Maybe if it had been done differently I would’ve been more convinced by it but it felt kind of contrived to me and used as a lazy way to set up the relationship between Rio and Tru.  I liked the characters as much as I could but I was so over the relationship drama and East deserved so much better on all fronts 😭😭 

By the time we got to the killer reveal at the end I was so done 😂, I guess I was interested enough to find out how it ended but I was not impressed. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Stalking

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.25

    Well, this book was disappointing. I had hoped the mystery part would go another way. But it was thoroughly predictable. The book had some enjoyable parts, like the supernatural element. But the murderer element was too simple and easy to figure out.

Narrator Rating: 4.25 stars
  The narrator did an excellent job, with tonal shifts and all. I just wish she'd been able to differentiate the male voices more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, and Infidelity

The children's deaths are that of an older sister who is a young teen I believe when she died, and it is briefly described as it is a past event. It is more the grief over it that is prominent in the book. There is also the murder of the teen girls which is more graphically described.