Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

139 reviews

dfriend12's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

Just the kind of dark and twisty I didn’t know I needed. Saw a few of the plot twists coming and some I knew there was something more but wasn’t sure how they were connected until the reveal at the end. 

Again with the amnesia with this one. Not mad about it though. And with the podcaster sidekick. Enjoyed this one more than the last though. Had no idea what I was getting myself into with this story. Literally just looked for available mystery/thrillers in Libby and 🎉 tada!🎉 

Will definitely be checking out the authors other books. 🤞🏻I feel the same way about the others. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Stalking, Death, Murder, and Physical abuse

ucancallmejayyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Death, Eating disorder, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dementia, Physical abuse, Violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual violence, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Cursing

csolano's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

I had really high hopes for this book. It started off really strong and then seemed to really slow down in the middle. After that I just wanted to finish it so I did, but was just bored most of the time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Gore, and Pedophilia

ehamlett's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gun violence, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

adella_quick's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

Even though it was a little predictable, I really enjoyed this book. Sometimes figuring out the answers ahead of time gives you satisfaction instead of annoyance, and there were enough twists that I didn't see them all coming. 

I don't read thrillers often so I'm probably not the best reviewer for it but it was pretty good as far as tension and mystery. 

The spice level was good for me (fade to black).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Gun violence, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Death, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

diothyst's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

What Lies in the Woods had me hooked from the very beginning, it leads you on a long winding trail of possibilities but never allows one to stick until the very end. I was able to figure out part of the twist ending early on but the manner of it and the true depths of the twist still had me shocked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Gun violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Blood

latasharm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

This is the type of thriller that I live for. The one that sneaks up on you in ways other than the ones that you are expecting. I was pretty close guessing where this story was going to go but never could I have ever guessed the way that we got there or the precise ending. Kate Alice Marshall has a gift and a curse. She goes dark and it gets deep. This one left me absolutely gutted. I would love to see this book play out as a limited series on Netflix or Prime. The right cast could do wonders with the characters penned and circumstances paged here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content

coliescorner's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Murder, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Body horror, and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit, Cancer, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

khaben31's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Death, and Cursing

Minor: Gun violence

flutelover32's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Grief, and Gun violence