Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Girl Before: Sie war wie du. Und jetzt ist sie tot. by JP Delaney

26 reviews

georgieg's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Miscarriage, and Child death

latham9's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Eating disorder, Suicide, and Stalking

Minor: Abortion

mariareadss367's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Cancer and Animal death

lindseyrenee's review against another edition

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Murder, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion, Vomit, and Animal death

herbertem1996's review against another edition

slow-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

shereadsmysteries's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Ableism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Misogyny, Rape, and Stalking

Minor: Vomit, Eating disorder, Abandonment, and Abortion

Ableism: Discussions of keeping/terminating a pregnancy where child could be disabled; Abortion: discussion only; Child death: Stillbirth; Rape: False rape allegations

_mack_jack_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.25

it was out best by another review i saw: yet another book choosing to subvert expectations with a nonsensical twist instead of giving the plot and characters the follow-through they earned. this book was a page-turner but ultimately lackluster.

what i wanted from the book initially was to be shocked and to have my expectations subverted. as i learned more about the characters, i wanted to see the natural conclusion come about. i think the author focused on shock value over realism when coming up with plot points. the complexities of the characters, specifically the men, are unexplored to their fullest because the author takes them off course at random. the women are flawed and emotional humans, which is always good to see, but emma specifically is written to be almost a villain as the book progresses. at first it was a captivating twist, but again the path it took broke my suspension of disbelief. 

did i enjoy reading it? yes. would i recommend it? no.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Murder, Miscarriage, Eating disorder, Child death, Animal death, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

chaoschali's review

dark emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, Blood, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Medical content, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Rape, Death, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, and Vomit

thenonbinaryc's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Would be four star but spoiled it with ableism and eugenics. Incorrect language used to refer to people with Down Syndrome. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Sexual content