Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

18 reviews

samsearle's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Kidnapping, Animal death, Fatphobia, and Murder

kellyallenpoe's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Body shaming

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Murder

asourceoffiction's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

I think I'll be very interested to read the whole Ruth Galloway series. This first book is a great, well written thriller. I love the archaeology side of the story and Galloway and Nelson are a great pair of characters to follow.

The setting is so desolate and beautiful, I loved every scene on the Saltmarsh. The way Ruth is drawn to it no matter how lonely or eerie it feels says a lot about how complex a character she is.

There are a lot of red herrings thrown around throughout the plot, designed to add suspicion to everyone. But unfortunately I guessed the ending pretty early on and didn't really waver in my verdict. But it doesn't happen often and it didn't take much away from the book! There were also a few touches I didn't predict to keep me guessing right to the end, and I love some of the little set ups that are in place for the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, and Murder

Moderate: Police brutality

emlo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I found this book drew me in, especially the descriptions of the saltmarsh. The weather was a character in it's own right. I liked the fact that the characters are all complicated people and not just one note. I look forward to getting to know the main characters better in the rest of the series. There was quite a lot of time spent going on about how fat Ruth was - at a whooping 12.5 st (rolls eyes), please, enough with the body shaming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, and Animal death

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Abortion and Fatphobia

emilyexley'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Child death, and Animal death

kakeyame's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Animal death, Gaslighting, Murder, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Violence, Child death, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Torture, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

gemin1reader's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

I really enjoyed the mystery, found myself racing to the end to discover who had done it and would read more of the series, but I was frustrated by a few things - namely the fatphobia and focus on the main characters weight which felt a bit Bridget Jones and completely unnecessary? 

Nearly all the male characters in this book were completely unbearable too, although that did eventually make sense in the context of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Kidnapping, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia and Abortion

kez96's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Murder