Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan

37 reviews

raikowlreads's review against another edition

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

3.5

Een onbetrouwbare hoofdpersonage, die ook nog je angst omhoog gooit. Je gaat misschien het karakter haten, want waarom vertrouw je nou de persoon die jouw leven heeft gered niet? 

Sloan heeft een grote trauma doorgebracht. Haar geheugen heeft haar proberen te helpen met het opsluiten van haar herinnering. Toch probeert ze de deur van de herinnering te openen. En dit leidt tot meer paniek, dan iets goeds.

Ik hou van een spannend boek, alleen soms werd de emoties van Sloan te veel. De paniek die zij kreeg nam ik erg over. Ik heb zelfs de laatste pagina gelezen, omdat ik zelf het moest weten. Het had mij voorbereid op een einde, die misschien niet iedereen zo leuk en aardig vind. 

Toen de maskers kwamen gaat echt over het verhelpen van trauma en het achterhalen van de waarom? Waarom toen Sloan er was? Waarom op die nacht? En waarom is zij samen met Cherry de enige overlevenden? Het gaf het boek meer spanning en meer theorieën. Je begint zelf ideeën te creëren die misschien helemaal fout liggen. En het feit dat je door Sloan's ogen kijkt, maakt al deze theorieën gevaarlijk. Ze weet eigenlijk helemaal niks en probeert haar eigen angst te overwinnen.

Als je van thrillers hou, hack and slash verhalen en hoofdpersonages die niet bepaald betrouwbaar zijn, dan is dit zeker een boek voor jou.
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trblbear's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Predictable and disappointing ending. Had real potential and I had higher hopes for something new and surprising to happen, but it did not. 
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rafacolog's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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sirensaria's review against another edition

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I couldn't keep listening to the toxic relationship. Yes, I know this is about that, but it got to the point it didn't seem believable. The main character gave hardly any explanation for what she did or felt, and I just couldn't care less what happened to her.
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illya18191's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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xompeii's review against another edition

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

4.0

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marykscholz's review against another edition

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dark medium-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

3.5

Wish  they would have played more with the idea of cherrys innocence- like slone immediately jumps to it and cherrys explanations most of the time arent very good for the oddities
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alanabie's review against another edition

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

4.5

Well that was unexpected 
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jaybeeseaelle's review

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

3.0

Loved where this book started but it felt like the ending was chaotic and not well thought out. 
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clara_h39's review against another edition

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challenging 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

4.75

I normally don’t like thriller/horror/psych books, but I really enjoyed this one. It was not too graphic since the mass murder took place before the book, and its only slightly gory during flashbacks. Very interesting and detailed world bulding. I appreciated the queer relationship wasn’t exploited or one note, it was just representative of two real girls in love strugglingg with trauma. I do think this book was somewhat predictable but it didn’t ruin the enjoyment for me, i was still on the edge of my seat.
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