Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Homecoming by Kate Morton

37 reviews

marianka1992's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective sad 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

Moderate: Child death, Murder, and Infidelity

machenn's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Infertility, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

avisreadsandreads's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.0

I've read all of Kate Morton's books and this is my least favourite by far. It's slow (and not in a good way), and I saw one of the twists coming from a mile away. It was only the ending (which did manage to shock and move me) that saved the book from a lower rating. I do think both the author and the main character were way too forgiving of one of the other characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Child death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Mental illness, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Grief, and Suicide

Minor: War, Abortion, and Dementia

mrs_v's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

Christmas in Australia.  Murder suicide. Secrets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

imjustadow's review

challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious sad

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

5.0

This book is heavy, but it is so much more than that. It's family, it's generational trauma, it's a literary fiction novel that wraps around a fictional true crime book about a cold case that was never solved, it's realizing that decisions made decades ago that were never forgiven were more nuanced than was given credit for, it's reconnecting, it's love when you're doing the best that you can, it's secrets, it's pain, but ultimately it's so so beautiful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, Grief, Death of parent, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Infertility, Suicide, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion

anne_reader's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Grief, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Animal death, Child abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, and Infertility

kirstym25's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

dkamada's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Wonderful book but the pacing was not the best. The first 30% is really slow and the majority of the plot twists are in the last 5-10%, but really interesting from multiple perspectives revealing the plot and the book within a book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Infertility, and Kidnapping

katie_arce's review

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Child death, and Miscarriage

prncskaters's review

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Love everything Kate Morton reads. Saw some of this twist coming but definitely not all of it so she can really keep us on our toes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Infidelity, Infertility, Grief, and Death