Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Daughters of Foxcote Manor by Eve Chase

11 reviews

neliadiedenise's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Car accident, Violence, Medical content, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Child death, and Terminal illness

aliceloyallaleon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gun violence, Violence, Terminal illness, Abortion, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Infidelity, Infertility, Animal cruelty, Blood, Mental illness, Cancer, Physical abuse, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Grief, Animal death, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

wrinnola's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Wonderfully unwoven tapestry of a tale. Flavored with plot twists, generational trauma, and a mystery left unsolved until the very end, The Daughters of Foxcote Manor is impossible to put down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Infertility, and Mental illness

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Car accident

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexism, Sexual content, Abortion, and Blood

emmajh91's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Murder, Miscarriage, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Car accident, Cancer, and Animal death

lucymcdougall's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Child death

rachaelbunny's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, Abandonment, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Eating disorder

Minor: Miscarriage, Deadnaming, Stalking, Self harm, Medical trauma, and Infertility

morethanmylupus's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

threadbear'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? Yes

1.25

Featuring three different female protagonists, all somehow the victim in their own story, never willingly changing or growing as people despite decades passing.

Nice descriptions of the forest and trees.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Sexual harassment, Violence, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, and Child death

oliviaclaire's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

This book flew by so fast and yet it somehow felt like a slow burn at the same time. Nothing was rushed in the storytelling and we really got to know the characters and the landscape of the story. The reveals were so well planted that they felt natural and I love how everything was woven together. 

This would have been five stars except that I feel like Eve Chase was so keen to tie as many plot points and characters together as possible that it went too far and I couldn't quite suspend my disbelief.

Caroline being Helen/Hera's biological sister felt like a step too far and an unnecessary additional family tie. The odds of Sylvie and Hera's kids finding each other and bringing everyone together again were slim but believable enough for me to be satisfied without the extra 'gotcha' plot twist

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Murder

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Erm wow I loved this! Just so good, I loved the characters, the mystery, and they way it all came together in the end was just brilliant. It seems I just really like reading about unstable mothers and their tragic families

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Classism, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders