Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Lost Hills by Lee Goldberg

3 reviews

georgiabee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This was my first real go at a crime thriller book. It was a quick read. 

If you’re an Angelino (aka from LA), I’m sure you’ll get a kick out of the references to specific roads, intersections, and local landmarks. As a SoCal gal NOT from LA, the descriptions of driving certain routes kinda sounded like a The Californians skit on SNL. 

Since this is my first foray into this type of book, this might be par for the course, but I feel like there were lotttts of names to remember. At a certain point I started trying to make a point to remember names, and then they’d never get mentioned again. 

I won’t say it was a lighthearted ready by any stretch, but you know that when you sign up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Blood, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Rape

bookwrm526's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Gore, and Pedophilia

meera01's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Violence, and Sexual violence