Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He

24 reviews

melancholymegs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

hue's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

Nothing happened for most of the story, and when something did . . . eh. It was messy, repetitive yet underexplained. I thought it would be a story with a sister relationship at the center but it really wasn't. The strange, sudden romance, the poorly-written characters, and the nonsense plot made this a jarring, exhaustive read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

lpdx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

jasp3r's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

decklededgess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

trigger warnings: death, death of parent, grief, gore, gun violence, physical injury and violence, mental illness, murder, anxiety and panic disorder, classism, sexual content, suicide, violence

Based on the premise of this book, I expected two sisters separated by circumstance trying to find out what happened/trying to get back to each other. I did not expect a futuristic commentary of environmental deterioration, social media/s toxic impact on class hierarchy and disengagement from reality, and a deeply incisive look into what it means to trust and to be family.

Ouch.

That's really all I want to say because every point past 30% is a spoiler for some spectacular plot twists. The book leaves you with the perfect amount of explicit information to let you sit and ponder the what ifs of what happens past the last page and in the unsaid moments. Beautifully done.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

rhm04's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, and Abandonment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Vomit

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

ajthequeen's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.75

Fresh concept, predictable (but not too cheesy/lame) twists. Big horizon zero dawn vibes from the plotline. Id love to see a sequel following the immediate end of this book. Overall 3.75 stars. I liked the characters and i liked that they were complex and Kasey was Autistic (you can pry that out of my cold dead hands) but it was never really seen as a flaw and kasey came to love herself because of it. I liked that actinium wasnt a broody sad boy and that there was no huge romance plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Colonisation, and Classism

bookcrushin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative slow-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

3.75

This book is told out of sequence with wild twists and very cool science and futuristic ideals for saving the world and the people in it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Serious spoiler like end game spoiler:

the physical on page violence and suicide and murder are all bots but with realistic blood and pain