Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner

6 reviews

filipa_maia's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book.

Although the action takes its time, everything kinda slowly evolves, this story is brilliantly written and keeps the reader hooked till the end. Think about twists and turns! This book has them all.

Usually, a book is a huge turn off for me when I cannot connect with any of the characters. Somehow, this story, these characters, are different. They are all very hateful, still I just kept reading because I could not put this book down.

I cannot recommend this book enough. It was an amazing read just in time to finish the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Rape, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Violence, Miscarriage, Suicide, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Stalking, Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Vomit

clo_l's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I am very pleasantly surprised by how shocking this book turns out to be. It is a little bit slow here and there but it really really ramps up at the end. I was flying through it so fast, so many pieces of the puzzle falling together. It feels like a rollercoaster ride, loop after loop, giant stomach turning hill after hill. All throughout the book I was coming up with possibilities and attempting to figure the characters & their true selves out. I was worried everything would end up being so obvious, but apparently nothing was obvious because I didn’t get a single theory correct lol. This book is really well written. It truly is suspenseful & shocking! I think it would be great to read the book a second time to fully connect all the dots. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Rape, Infertility, Infidelity, Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Stalking, Car accident, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

mtstjk's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Infertility, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Car accident, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexism, Gaslighting, Car accident, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Toxic friendship, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Violence, and Physical abuse

marigoldgem's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I was excited to solve the mystery of the book when I first started it but by the end it just felt so dragged out. I mean you guess most of the stuff not even half way through the book and the surprises aren’t so shocking. Not a bad book overall but I wouldn’t reach for it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Violence

beca_reads's review

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

This was a book that just kept on giving. This isn't the fastest paced thriller I have read, but it keeps you wanting more; the short chapters definitely worked in the books favour. The characters were all well crafted, and I really felt for the main character Helen. Parts of the plot were slightly predictable, which I actually think this worked in the books favour, as it made the more shocking twists pack a bigger punch. The only thing I would say is that this book could have been shorter, and still have been just as great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Murder, Stalking, and Violence