Reviews tagging 'Death'

Keep This to Yourself by Tom Ryan

5 reviews

kal517's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Murder and Death

Moderate: Bullying and Grief

Minor: Animal death

pey333's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Suicide, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Classism, and Animal death

markedwithanm's review

dark mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Grief

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

emily_mh's review

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

3.75

I liked how investigative this was, as it really felt like you were on the trail of something the whole time. While I did guess most of the resolution fairly early on, I wasn't mad, because WHAT a resolution. However, I definitely didn't enjoy reading this one as much as I enjoyed I Hope You're Listening. There just wasn't any atmosphere or tension, and the romance was SO stale and unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Vomit

claresbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

4 out out 5 stars. 

Keep This To Yourself was one wild ride. 

I'm so glad that I picked this up. The writing was well-paced, each character had their own unique voice, and Mac as a narrator was a protagonist that I genuinely cared about. 

There were so many different layers to this story that just kept me guessing at each and every turn; just when you have an idea of where the plot is going, it reminds you of something 5 chapters earlier and twists you in another direction. 

I will say that I felt the romance happened a little too quickly. Don't get me wrong, I went looking for a mystery story with LGBTQ+ characters and found it, but if I had one criticism of this story it would be the speed with which Mac and Quill get together. 

Other than that, A+. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Stalking