Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Still Life by Louise Penny

9 reviews

luananki's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-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? Yes

4.0

solide vier sterne. comfort krimi, wenn man das so sagen kann, will auf jeden fall den zweiten band lesen

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Violence, and Cancer

Minor: Fatphobia

tym_flies's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I'm not a big mystery reader but I had fun with this one. I read it in audiobook format while I was doing other things a lot - very low commitment for me but I enjoyed that. It was good, and the ending took me by surprise but I suspect people more acquainted with mysteries would've had it wrapped. 

I also loved how casually funny it was. The bear grease thing really had me going for a minute. 

Also, Nicole was the most infuriating side character on the planet. The way Gamache kept trying to check her attitude and she kept thinking she was God's gift to the investigation was sending me over the edge. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Violence, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Murder

beccah42's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Homophobia

Moderate: Murder

shelfofunread's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

franklola's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, and Violence

littlefoot1919's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Kidnapping

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

4.0

2019:  Found a "new" series for me to read!

2022:  Came back to this again after the reading the first nine in the series.   It's just as good as the first time and so fun to see details I didn't know the first time through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Hate crime, Cancer, Kidnapping, Medical content, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Violence

meganpbennett's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I reread Still Life this year and it holds up. It's a very good cozy mystery set in Three Pines, Quebec, where a local woman has been murdered. On a reread, knowing who the killer was made me look for the clues about them, and it was still a surprise

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Ableism, and Fatphobia

kipress's review

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia, Violence, Hate crime, and Death