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The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill by Craig Robertson

3 reviews

moyesie11's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

one if the few books i have read where there isn’t romance written where it’s not needed :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Drug abuse, Murder, Rape, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Misogyny, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cancer, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Torture, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, and Excrement

travelseatsreads's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill is a dark and intriguing story that had me hooked from the very first page. Immediately, there's a sense of unease within the pages, is it just because Grace has such an unusual job or is there something more sinister bubbling underneath?

This was an engrossing mix of a twisty mystery with some very unexpected turns, combined with an enthralling and perplexing character study.

Grace is the absolute star of this book and her character is developed and unveiled dramatically as the book unfolds. At times, she will make you feel pity and guilt, other times she will repulse you and she will most definitely shock you.

Overall this was a gripping and creepy mystery which kept me reading and guessing right up until the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Violence, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

librariangeorgia's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Wow!

I certainly did not expect the plot twists in this book!

The first half is quite slow, doesn’t seem like there is much going on but then at the halfway point, the story starts to develop and reveal more details that you would not expect.

I liked the murder mystery side to the story - with Grace wanting to find out the dead peoples secrets.

The ending was completely unexpected but also very fitting with the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Rape, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical content, and Suicide