Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

248 reviews

passivemoon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, and Domestic abuse

koshe1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Cancer, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

achlaj's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Good read, but a bit more trauma overload than I’ve read in awhile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Murder

erinreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is heavy. Please read content warnings before beginning this one. 

My experience reading Leni’s journey through adolescence and into adulthood was harrowing, shocking, revolting, and frustrating. I felt all of these things but I did care about all the people in Leni’s life

except for Ernt

, which kept me riveted, hoping for everyone to end up happy. Although I didn’t feel like I truly knew Leni as a person, the one thing I knew for certain was that she valued those she loved. This was her core belief throughout her story and the author does a fantastic job of making you care for those people as well. The amount of time you get to spend seeing Leni’s loved ones through her eyes makes every twist and turn absolutely heart-wrenching and fraught with emotion. This book was never boring and it’s one of those stories that, upon finishing, you will need to lie down and just contemplate for a bit, exhausted but satisfied. 

Read if you like emotional, terrifyingly believable stories about survival and family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Gore, and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, and Cancer

jessiedoodah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Cancer

Minor: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and War

nc_unknown_user's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, War, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Cursing, Death of parent, Gun violence, Cancer, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, and Gore

Minor: Pregnancy

am4man's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Terminal illness

tleger's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Domestic abuse

Minor: Murder

janaeq's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad tense 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? No

3.0

Lenny’s parents fucked her life up but it’s all good cause I’m the end

her mom confesses, SHE confesses, privilege gets her out of jail (literally) and Matthew is alive and she gets away with murder

alls well that ends well. If you like man vs nature and man vs man +

domestic violence where the abuser gets what’s coming to him

then you’ll love this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

kjm9773's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Gaslighting, Blood, and Medical trauma