Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon

40 reviews

angel_rod's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

ksilvio's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Death

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Medical content

tiffanne11's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Beth and her daughter Jack live a quiet but beautiful life. Beth's mother, Lana, has to move in with them because of her cancer treatments. All is simple in their life until one day, when Jack finds a body on one of her kayak tours. Lana, who has been needing a project, pounces on discovering the culprit. 
This book was full of bad ass women, power suits, dating escapes, and most of all, reconnecting with your family. The characters are delightful and compelling. You get to try to solve the crime alongside them and experience it unfolding. There were just enough clues to make the culprit make sense but not be super obvious, with plenty of red herrings along the way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Cancer

Moderate: Sexism

taural41's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Cancer

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Blood, Racism, and Sexism

norahc's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Cancer

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

What a good time this book was! I'm so amazed that it was a debut novel haha some people are just too talented. (And also too cool?? Ms. Simon's career history is so heckin' impressive.) I loved the relationships in this family between these very different and complex women. I also really really enjoyed having a kind of disabled sleuth! I loved Nancy Drew back in the day, but there was the running joke that she was knocked out all over the place and just totally okay an hour later. It's not very human. I can't wait to read more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Bullying

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Murder, Classism, and Death

Minor: Infidelity, Gun violence, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Racism

There's some cops in this book that made me reallllll mad. No police brutality, but you will want to punch one in the face : )

kaylahcc's review

funny mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Pregnancy and Abandonment

thebelovedreadingnook's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content and Cancer

Minor: Classism

wolfebh's review

emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Murder, Death, and Death of parent

evoorde's review

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Murder

Moderate: Death