Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall

51 reviews

ashleycote's review against another edition

dark emotional

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Gun violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Drug use, and Blood

Minor: Miscarriage and Suicide

nbaker83's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I saw another review that summed this up pretty well… no one can know, not even the reader when this book is over! I love a good psychological thriller, but this one fell pretty flat for me. I was intrigued in the beginning, but figured out who did it for pretty early on. The middle dragged on and the ending was so convoluted and anti-climactic in my opinion. So, upon further reflection, maybe this is more of a 2.5 for me than a 3…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Suicide, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

aileron's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Animal death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Stalking, Suicide, Cancer, Abandonment, and Terminal illness

owlmanda's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Death, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infidelity

shesflippinpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Stalking, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma

Minor: Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Cancer, Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Police brutality, Vomit, Addiction, Body shaming, Infertility, Outing, Car accident, and Eating disorder

flaminggecko's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Grief, Abandonment, Animal death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Murder, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion and Cancer

cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Murder, Death, Police brutality, Blood, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

openbookheartmind's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Murder

morgan77's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Child abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Pregnancy and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Drug use

astoriareader's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

SYNOPSIS

• Due to their financial situation, Emma & her husband, Nathan, are forced to move into her childhood home in a small town. Someone murdered her parents 14 years ago inside the home, but the case remains unsolved. Many people assumed Emma did it.
• Since the murder, Emma and her two sisters, Juliette and Daphne, have been estranged.
• Emma’s homecoming stirs up questions, secrets, and searching for answers. 

MY THOUGHTS

• None of these characters are very likable or interesting. 
• Alternating POVs & timelines.
• This was a slow burn, and there was a lot of build up for the reveal. Ultimately, the ending fell flat & was anticlimactic.
• Story was somewhat predictable to me.
• This certainly wasn’t a bad book, but compared to all the others in the genre, it doesn’t stand out to me. It was a mediocre suspense. 

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️⭐️this wasn’t bad, but it was a mediocre suspense IMO.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. This is available now for purchase.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, and Child abuse

Moderate: Drug use and Infidelity

Minor: Pregnancy and Eating disorder