Reviews tagging 'Murder'

They'll Never Catch Us by Jessica Goodman

41 reviews

yananhai's review against another edition

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

3.0

something doesn't add up for me... if Raven just dropped Mila down and left her there dead, why was there a blood trail? why did Ellie and Noah not find her body when they looked in the pit later in the day? why was there a blanket covering her body? 
just for these questions I'm gonna tale off one star, so overall 3 ⭐

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Alcohol

libraryghost's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

sienna1508's review

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

I kinda guessed the mystery for this one but I still liked the character-building in the story. It was mostly fast-paced except it was a bit repetitive. But overall I enjoyed it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Abortion, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Blood, and Vomit

daniellejp16's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Violence, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

beckyremillard's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Abortion, and Murder

booksofautumn's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

luxintenebris's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

honestly with the way it ended, i sort of wish there was an epilogue or a time skip forwards after for the aftermath, but i like the mystery in what happens after the book ends too. Mila deserved better, but there are quite a few layered characters and back stories in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abortion, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Bullying and Eating disorder

bookedandbusy's review

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

5.0

I loved this book! It was such a great thriller. It kept me guessing and I never saw the plot twist coming! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Abortion

Minor: Body shaming and Eating disorder

nouveau's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Abortion, and Murder

lia_reads_123's review

challenging dark emotional medium-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

4.5

I loved this book. It loses a half point because the beginning was slow at some points and the ending was partially predictable (I'll go into more detail at the bottom under spoiler tags). Otherwise, it was amazing. The characters aren't always great people, but you can see why they're doing certain things. The last quarter of the book was my favorite part, because questions started getting answered and pieces started falling into place, just for more questions to be brought up.

I said the ending was partially predictable, and by that I mean Ellie's involvement. Around the time Mila disappeared, the book started focusing much more heavily on Stella's POV and never explained where Ellie was the morning, making it fairly easy to realize Ellie wasn't innocent. However, Raven's involvement was COMPLETELY unpredictable. She would've been the last one I guessed. I did like that it made us think it was just Ellie and Noah, only to reveal that Raven did much worse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Abortion, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Toxic friendship