Reviews tagging 'Death'

Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay

22 reviews

missgrangerr's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

Talk about a page turner! Told in alternating timelines, this story tells a great mystery and a heartbreaking family breakdown. The premise was great, a popular documentary discussing the possibility of a wrongful imprisonment and how reliving these stories publicly bring up horrible memories for both families. I loved this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

viertelvorvier's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Car accident and Suicide attempt

danielle70's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Blood, Car accident, Death, Sexual assault, Cursing, Pregnancy, Rape, and Dementia

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I’m pleasantly surprised by how many twists & turns are in this novel (after reading The Night Shift)— I literally gave up on trying to figure out the guilty party. I enjoyed this book much much more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Dementia and Infidelity

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Confinement, Pregnancy, Incest, Vomit, Bullying, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Police brutality, and Gun violence

maregred's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

saa's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

The last chapters were so hard to read, I felt a constant pain knowing what is going to happen.

The multiple pov and the audible version worked wonderfully for this book.

Despite the fact that I figured out pretty early in the book who the killer was, I enjoyed the unraveling of the plot.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Child death

sklu's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Enjoyable, fast read. I wanted to know how the story turned out, but sometimes was annoyed by the storylines shifting so much at the climax of one of the stories. It was a bit predictable, and could have been scarier. I liked how the main characters each had a bit more depth than they needed (i.e. knowing the agent’s family, knowing a bit of the sister’s backstory, the mom’s). I wish we knew more about the dad.

The writing wasn’t the best, and I think the story will be forgettable. But, I had an easy time reading it and being pulled along for the story. I don’t think I love realistic stories that have scarier themes

(the hitman)

so this wasn’t quite for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault and Death

Minor: Alcohol

alfait's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Dementia, and Suicide attempt

syab13's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Physical abuse

anger566's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.5

Great book! Definitely read if you're a fan of Netflix mysteries/murder documentaries like "Making a Murderer". Follows a family whose son was convicted of murder and the aftermath after a Netflix-type documentary comes out about him. Flashbacks throughout the book. Couldn't put it down towards the end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

The plot revolves around the main family dying at beginning of the book (family includes 2 minors). The main family's oldest son is in prison for murder. One of the characters was in a serious car accident with resulting brain/mental injuries, the same character acts racist towards other characters.

We later learn the family was murdered, descriptions of the family's last moments from each of their perspectives before the killer does the deed is described. Father attempts suicide which is described in detail. We learn the antagonist (an adult) sexually assaulted the victim (who was a minor) in the past and murders them to cover it up (the victim was pregnant).