Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Herd by Andrea Bartz

12 reviews

ren8ions's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Addiction

princessdana36's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I thought it was a pretty ok book. It was a popcorn mystery. It won’t win any awards but it was pretty entertaining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse

dreamofbookspines's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

2.0

Bartz decided that this was her one shot to write a book, so she threw all her ideas into this one. Stupid choices on behalf of the characters, and extremely annoying "you get a mystery! and you get a mystery! everybody gets a mysteryyyyyy!" vibe. I guess it's supposed to be deep? Definitely missed that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Murder

caitbrat's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Blood, and Murder

daniellemjoyce's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Drug use, Murder, Violence, and Misogyny

sbsreads's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Murder

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

hngisreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction

helenferg's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

katyisreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

 WHAT I LIKED: 

- Effective prologue that lingered in my mind as I read 

- I was really intrigued by the concept of this book; the set-up was well done and I flew through the first half in one day 

- I thought having the two POV characters be sisters and examining the tension between family members in the same friend group was interesting 

 

WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE:
 - The female friendships – and the way women treated each other in general – felt really stereotypical, and I think there was an opportunity to make this more than a cliched storyline about resenting the one friend who is more successful 

- A lot of the suspense was created by the reader not knowing the main characters’ secrets, which was frustrating, especially in a first person POV novel. Just tell me!! 

 

Overall, if you’re a thriller lover (and not a thriller skeptic like me), I think you’ll like this! But if you’re looking for an intriguing book about a women’s co-working space, I would grab A SPECIAL PLACE FOR WOMEN instead. I also recommend WE WERE NEVER HERE by the same author if you’re looking for a good friendship-focused thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Drug use, and Addiction

stevie's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Violence