Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Missing American by Kwei Quartey

7 reviews

chailady's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Starts off slow, but definitely improves. This was nearly a dnf due to language in the first few chapters, however, that also improved. The translation page would have been more helpful in the beginning of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Sexism, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Death, Animal cruelty, and Police brutality

devirnis's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal death

maedayx43's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense medium-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

This was a very engaging novel - a missing person story that exposes issues of class and corruption in modern day Ghana. Even though there were a lot of characters to keep track of, I had fun piecing together their interwoven stories. Some predictable twist and turns but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I was also happy to see some representation of autistic/intellectually disabled people in the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, and Suicide

sarah984's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was okay. I liked the descriptions of life in Ghana and the mystery was interesting enough, but most of the characters felt pretty flat and the writing was in an overly clinical style that I didn't really enjoy. I also caught something that looked like an editor's note that didn't get deleted (seemed like a suggestion to alter some dialogue) but that might just be in the kindle edition.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Classism, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Death, and Drug use

Minor: Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Vomit

idogrocker's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Rape

e_flah's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

The Missing American was an underwhelming read for me. The mystery is pretty slow paced and I found several of the twists easy to see coming. The large cast of characters were interesting, particularly Emma's brother Bruno. I wish there had been more character development of our main character, Emma. She came across a bit one-dimensional and was characterized largely by her relationship to others in her life, rather than who she was as an individual.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, and Ableism

romance con, drowning, death by suicide (on-page), attempted rape (on-page)

solenodon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Rape

Moderate: Misogyny