1.55k reviews for:

The Crossing Places

Elly Griffiths

3.7 AVERAGE

acdha's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

vicrine's review against another edition

1.0

challenging sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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19 blatant remarks about how fat she was. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia

ablottie's review against another edition

4.75

medium-paced

sofiablomqvist's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious medium-paced

adventuredenali's review against another edition

5.0

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I really enjoyed the character, Ruth. A relatable person, with a super cool job as a forensic archaeologist.

mrsboyko's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

lauren82's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

kathy_mcbride's review against another edition

3.0

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Palimpsest, pg 13

"Does God feature on our recently played list, or do we sometimes have to press shuffle?", pg 14

johncairns's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense 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: No

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I really enjoyed this book - I’d been wanting to read it for a while so glad I finally got round to it. I will say, this book is very of its time; the protagonist constantly referring to herself as fat/frumpy/large (when being 80kg….) is rather tired and boring, and might I say disappointing, seeing as it adds nothing to the plot or character. And a few of the comments (“They are gay, which is fine” “She doesn’t dress like a lesbian”) were laughably yikes. All that aside, I liked the pacing and enjoyed it enough to pick up the next one (with the hope that, as the series progresses, the author learns how to write better characters)

annkatrine's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious tense 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: No

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