Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French

4 reviews

nadia's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious slow-paced

3.5

I found the setting of this story, and this history around it, fascinating but I struggled to stay engaged with this audiobook — it might have been the narrator's voice... I also struggled to keep track of the cast of characters/different factions, which is not really a fault of the author, and Paul French did do a decent job of trying to remind you of who everyone was. I felt the book picked up steam a lot more once

Werner started his own private investigation into his daughter's murder

, but I still found myself drifting in and out of focus.

Also, I knew nothing about this case going in...so I'm not sure how I feel about how Paul French approached the final sections of his book...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, War, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief and Torture

marshmalison's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.0

The writer was recommended to me and it did not disappoint. Gripping non-fiction based on previously unseen documentation languishing in Foreign Office archives. An interesting look at pre-WW2 China. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Rape

generalnui's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, and Racism

mf18's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Sexual violence