Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Agathas. Śledztwo w Castle Cove by Liz Lawson, Wiesław Marcysiak, Kathleen Glasgow

52 reviews

memazz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

a_bookish_discovery's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Police brutality

jennastopreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

That, my friends, is how you write a YA thriller/mystery! This is everything I wanted A Good Girls Guide to Murder to be and more (for the record, didn’t hate that book, but this was much better). Glasgow and Lawson have me wanting to give Agatha Christie’s books a try and also wrote a 400 page book I tore through in 2 days. Two. Days. Really enjoyed the twists and turns and the two main characters. The only minor criticism I had was that both MCs had very similar “voices”, so it was easy to be confused as to whose perspective I was in mid chapter. But it wasn’t enough to knock off a star for me. All in all, a solid, page turning novel! And the ending makes it seem like it’s maybe setup for a sequel?! I would be happy with that!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Blood and Abandonment

bri_fabiano's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

megwilli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Murder

christinesreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Murder

emadelegale's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Toxic friendship

agoerke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

myracowart's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

Two teens who go from enemies (ish) to partners in sleuthing to friends. This is such a great young adult detective story with multiple nods to Agatha Christie. It was an easy read with lots of twist and turns. I never would have guessed the big twist, but then after the fact it makes so much sense. It isn’t just a random twist. The characters are really great even the ones you hate. I couldn’t put it down. While this is a fun, intriguing mystery, it does address some more serious issues as well. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

_courtney's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent