Reviews tagging 'Death'

What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

110 reviews

agathajanemaud1908's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful informative mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this book so much! It’s described as The Mummy meets Death on the Nile, but I think it’s more like The Mummy meets the Amelia Peabody series, which is an ideal combination to me. 
I took two weeks longer to finish it than it should have if I hadn’t taken a break because I didn’t want it to be over. Can’t wait for the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Gun violence, Cultural appropriation, Sexism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Racism, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Blood and Violence

Minor: Addiction

jjmmaareads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Infidelity

ginamiya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism and Kidnapping

thebookwormkatie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

mudlistens2books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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? No

4.25

The twists and turns were amazing!! A well researched  historical fiction, I had a great time crushing this in a weekend. Highly recommend!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, and Colonisation

manipulative and absuive mother

antoniac's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

 A nice easy-read romp but the plot felt convoluted at times. That faster paced ending worked well. Unusual for the male lead to be more interesting than the MC but I think it's true in this case! I was on the fence as to whether to read the next one, but I'm a sucker for a cliffhanger so I guess it has to be done !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Blood, Colonisation, Sexual content, and Grief

idonttcareeeee's review against another edition

adventurous informative slow-paced

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

1.75

first half of the book was absolute ass. second half...was barely tolerable. do not recommend. had some fun times toward the end, but still not fun enough to even think about without cringing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Gore, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

Wow this was such a great book!! It really is like the Mummy movie. The romance is very PG but you root for them. There’s a lot of surprise twists and they made me gasp out loud.  Especially at the end when I realized it’s a series and the next book is not out for a while 😒. I would like to read the next book in the series so that’s how you know it’s worth the read! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Abandonment, Gore, Murder, Confinement, Death, and Gaslighting

pages_of_sav's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Vomit

libwel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Death, Colonisation, Alcoholism, and Alcohol