Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

4 reviews

zlizzyv's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

It was a slow start and throughout the book it felt like Horowitz was self promoting. At first it was exciting to realize he was talking about himself, referencing books I had read before, but it soon became too much. It felt like every chapter he mentioned one of his works, and it didn’t add to the plot in any meaningful way. I didn’t get fully hooked on the storyline until halfway in, partially because of this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Blood, Car accident, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Death, Grief, and Vomit

Minor: Drug use

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

Fun, almost a cosy mystery but a lot more gruesome. Curious to see where this grumpy-sunshine duo goes from here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Animal death, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, and Drug abuse

ambermahalia's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

ne0n_ange1's review against another edition

funny mysterious relaxing tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts