Reviews tagging 'Death'

Þernan by Nita Prose

363 reviews

abbyam's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was a fun read until the ending didn't make any sense.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Violence

atamano's review against another edition

4.0

funny mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent

mariposa517's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Abandonment, Deportation

Minor: Gun violence, Blood, Pregnancy

tayreads10's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book definitely has more of a cozy mystery feel. Molly is a woman who sees life differently than other people. She has struggled her whole life to understand social cues and facial expressions. Her grandmother, who cared for her since she was little, recently passed away, so life without her help is an adjustment. It's hard to read how things so easily passed under her radar throughout the book, but Molly's character really was built well. Ups and downs and the occasional twist definitely kept me intrigued.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

krandelzhofer's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A light read with loveable characters. Kind of reminded me of Fredrick Backman with how an eclectic group of characters come together when they most need companionship. It wasn't a thrilling read but more of a cozy mystery. There was a twist at the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Murder

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Classism

kylienorwood's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was interested in listening to a mystery on audiobook, so I figured I’d try this popular one out. Honestly, it was just okay. I loved that the main character was neurodivergent but the story itself felt slow and predictable. Not my favorite mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder

escaping_hulk's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Classism

dindi_w's review against another edition

2.0

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book wasn't for me. 
The characters were shallow, and uninteresting.  The plot is lighter than I'm used to for a murder mystery, but in a way that seems not well thought out... like twists were just added in at the end and not originally intended.
The book never states a location, so it's all over the place in the way things are referenced. 
Dollars suggests US, tea with crumpets and biscuits instead of cookies suggested UK, but the weirdly stated rights upon arrest didn't seem like either. And the courtroom portion, where a defense litigator is suddenly leading a prosecution didn't make sense to me. 
The author is Canadian, so maybe all of these things in Canada seem like a mix of US and UK.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder

midnightstorm's review against another edition

4.25

emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse

Minor: Deportation

kristinebennett's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse