Reviews

The Breaker by Minette Walters

ahinks's review against another edition

dark sad

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

1.0

sam_fielder_137's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

I think the entire ending kind of came out of nowhere and not in the "mystery with a surprise twist" kind of way. It just seemed like the author got bored of the story and decided "all right, the culprit is going to confess to everything now". Even knowing who did it, most of the plot points don't make sense. The middle part was very good though.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Murder, Pedophilia, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Stalking

Minor: Sexism, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

murakamiangel's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

Ingram Maggie carry

procedural police mystery at least acknowledges the police's exploitation of their power but frames it as necessary idk it was an okay read just withheld info lol

mippie's review against another edition

4.0

My favourite quote:

- It gets on my tits the way everyone keeps lecturing me about the way I live my life.

urlphantomhive's review against another edition

2.0

READ IN DUTCH

I bought this book because it was very cheap and I had never read anything from Minette Walters before. I'm always looking for new (for me new) good writers.

Two boys find the body of a young woman on a beach. Her tree-year-old child is found in a nearby village. The police start to investigate the woman's death.

I actually was disappointed. It wasn't what I expected it to be. I thought that the story was almost boring and I was actually just waiting on a better part, but I couldn't find it. I need to say that her writing style was OK, but I didn't like the story. It didn't make me want to read more of her books.

prosewhore's review against another edition

5.0

Fantastic psychological thriller. Could not put it down !

scotsbookworm's review against another edition

3.0

Sadly I didn't enjoy this as much as I have her other novels,I just didn't feel gripped and eager to know what else was going to happen as I have done with her previous work.

sireno8's review against another edition

4.0

At its heart, this is a classic whodunnit with a small pool of suspects. The genius of Walters is how she keeps peeling away the veneers of the characters to expose layer upon layer of pyschological fungi that Agatha Christie may have dreamed about but certainly couldn't write about. The twists, turns and surprises are completely believable as are the characters. I am again impressed with how Walters can weave so many story lines together without slowing down her plot and wrap them all up to a satisfying finish. Even the resolution is constructed in such a way to keep you turning the pages. Terrific!

lil's review

dark mysterious

3.5

musingsofachaoticmind's review

mysterious slow-paced

1.0

Honestly, please don't read this book. It is a waste of time. I am unsure why I read it. Somewhere I was hoping for a twist or a turn or just some MYSTERY but this book fell short in delivering a good murder mystery. 
The novel begins and ends in the first few pages. The rest of the 380 -ish pages is extra and unnecessary.