Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Burden Falls by Kat Ellis

8 reviews

albav56's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? N/A

5.0

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bittie_bee's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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sonygaystation's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? Yes

3.75

I loved the premise, had a really good time with the environment and how everything was set up, and thought the characters were so sweet. My biggest hang up is the BBEG because the rationale and build up didn’t feel fleshed out enough, and there wasn’t much feeling looking back on the story to feel all that impacted by the reveal. The ending was satisfyingly tense in spite of it though, but that’s entirely because I really liked the MC.
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alexisaflop's review against another edition

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dark 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

5.0

Been stuck in an airport all day and bought and completed the book here. It is very captivating and tense. As a murder mystery I usually have some guess as to what I expect. This book flipped all expectations, when I thought I knew what was happening it all changed (but in an excellently paced way). The main character is loveable but has clear flaws from the get go. There is diversity but it's not heavily forced, it is just part of the characters. 

HAVE ADDED A LIST OF CONTENT WARNINGS (the most important is the graphic detail of gore that was a bit unexpected).
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thecatsm3ow's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-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? Yes
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idreaminbooks's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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patandbooks's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense

4.0

Thank you to Penguin Teen for sending me an eARC through Netgalley!
This book is set in a small town following the main character Ava Thorn after someone close to her gets murdered and she is the main suspect. I liked this story overall. Ava is a very complex character. She has undergone trauma at a young age when she lost her parents. She's a bit of an unreliable narrator and that added to the over-all creepy atmosphere of this book. I liked the romance subplot. It is also quite atmospheric as the story also ties in with the legends of the small town. I did guess the plot twist as well as the motives of the culprit. It was largely enjoyable especially with the inclusion the horror elements.
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amysbookishlife's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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