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Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger

4 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed this mystery novella.  While I had a pretty good idea of who the murderer was, there was enough doubt that it kept me interested until the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Vomit, Gaslighting, Blood, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Murder, Abandonment, Child abuse, Alcohol, Drug use, Gore, Stalking, Child death, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

lauren_reads_outside's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed the book as a quick Christmas thriller read, but I guessed the twist pretty early on because of the character descriptions and also didn't think the podcaster added anything to the book. The romance add in was also blah.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, Rape, Transphobia, Torture, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Confinement

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Drug abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Alcohol

killerpancake's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Page turny and very quick. Like I gasped when I realized I got to the end! The beginning pov was my favorite. This could have been a little longer but overall I enjoyed it .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Physical abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Sexual assault, Murder, and Child death