Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Appeal by Janice Hallett

7 reviews

stepnic's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, War, Suicide, Infidelity, Infertility, and Cursing

calicat42's review

challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

The structure was creative—a fun twist on the who dunnit genre.  At the start of the book, there’s no real information about what has happened, so instead of knowing what will happen and watching the characters figure it out, the reader only gets to know as much as the characters. Hard to put a book like that down! 

Although I fell in love with the structure, the content left me wanting a little. There were times where the plot moved quickly because the twists and turns were coming in every line. Yet there were times where I wished I could have read in x2 speed to move things along. I think this just comes to my preferences regarding mysteries; I don’t want to take my foot off the gas once the plot picks up! 

Overall, I enjoyed the read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Stalking, Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: War

rachelizx'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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Violence, and Medical content

kaylasbookgram's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book definitely took me by surprise from the very first page. Told in email and text message format you as the reader get to read along with two lawyers to figure out who did the murder who was murdered and why. I can say I had no clue who was murdered until it was revealed and I’m still shocked on The Who dun it. I do think that it left a bit to the imagination at the end and some unanswered questions. Which was the only downfall in my eyes I don’t like to be left full of questions at the end of a book. Overall this was a fantastic debut! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, and Cursing

liviy0017's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Murder, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Mental illness, Suicide, Stalking, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Medical content

gwen87's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

booksof_fern's review

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death and Child abuse