Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Night Shift by Alex Finlay

41 reviews

jessthemess8112's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

I really enjoyed this book, but the ending was a bit anticlimactic. The author spent this whole book building and building to this big whodunit mystery, and the big reveal left a lot to be desired and a lot of unanswered questions.  Whatever happened to Mr. Nirvana, and why was he even mentioned except to throw you off? Did anything happen to Arpeggio and the other cop for leaving a major detail out of a report? Did Chris get any compensation for the fact that his brother was wrongly accused for 15 years? And of course, how did Steadman convince straight and narrow religious freaked family Katie to even get involved in the first place?  I rounded up to 3 stars because I enjoyed the mystery, but the unanswered questions kind of ruined it for me.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Violence, Murder, Death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

shawniejo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Murder

flutelover32's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I cant brlieve they killed Atticus!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Stalking, Suicide, Abortion, and Gaslighting

kamrynkoble's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

Whew! I think I read this in two sittings. It was a very tightly paced, twisty thriller, and I loved the short chapters and multiple POVs. 

My main issue was that there was SO many characters and plot threads I could not keep them straight. Even in the beginning I could feel myself losing track of all the people introduced. I think it would’ve been better if I actually read this instead of listening to the audiobook, but it was a little rough. I’m still not quite sure what exactly happened to certain threads became it was a little too ambiguous and confusing. Like a certain character died? That was news to me in the epilogue! And googling it, it doesn’t seem I’m the only one who was confused about that. 

Also, I can tell this male author has never been pregnant with twins or talked to a woman who’s been pregnant with twins. 

All in all this was an enjoyable thriller and I’d recommend it. What you see is what you get. Fast and twisty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion

pernillelsk's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, and Police brutality

Minor: Death of parent

sgrifgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Child abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Stalking and Suicide

dodgeremerson's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

Not the worst book, but it was very predictable. I called the killer from their introduction, as well as the other deaths that we discover early on. Kind of disappointing.

Also...

I am really frustrated that the promising young brown kid was killed off. He is the only death outside of the murders, and the only death "on the page." Why is the only POC mentioned the only death? Granted, it was clear he was going to die from the moment Finlay introducedhis mother with that "take care of my boy" line. But it is still irritating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Blood, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Abortion, Bullying, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death of parent, Addiction, and Police brutality

bookybeckyboo's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death

fionamatilda's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Suicide

eevee_saur137's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

This isn't a bad mystery, but it's a little overwritten in the sections where we see what characters are thinking. It is not subtle in the writing, and it can be hamfisted with its jokes and references. Clues can be buried, come out of left field, or just happen off-page (offscreen?) and after the reveals start flooding in, I wished the story would slow down. I wanted to know more about how the characters processed everything.

I don't mind the ending but I don't believe in the final couple, they had no chemistry or even opportunity to connect. And the fact that the only POC character ended up dead just disappoints me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Alcohol

It is a spoiler but

The reveal of the killer is also the revelation of multiple abusive, adult/minor relationships. Different minors, same adult.