Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Toutes les nuances de la nuit by Chris Whitaker

293 reviews

lcoa123's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

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To read, this is a book of 3 parts. The first is a thriller, the second lulls and it’s hard to see how the story will progress, but the final third is fantastic with twists and turns. The chapters are unusually short (there are about 230!) showing the story progress from the perspective of different characters. The plot itself is unique and beautifully told. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder

wingarium_lexi0sa's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse, Death of parent

theelizabethjoy's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny 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: Complicated

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This was a very very good book. Mysterious, kept me guessing, sad but not heartbreaking. There is romance but it's definitely not a romance! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Sexual content, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

burnourhistory's review against another edition

3.75

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Lesbophobia

gwalt118's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious 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: Yes

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Chris Whitaker's writing is beautiful, and the characters in this novel are incredible. Patch and Saint are magnificent creations that symbolize - and make me question - much about right vs. wrong. This novel is full of trauma, so its content makes it difficult to read at times. On the other hand, the exquisite writing and short, quick chapters make it easy to read. This book is a wonderful mashup of mystery, romance, and literary fiction. I truly loved this book, and We Begin At The End is now on my TBR. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Murder

Moderate: Abortion

kirstenw's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Gripping story and mysteries that span a lifetime. Dark subject matter but beautiful writing. I did feel like the middle dragged a bit and the ending felt rushed, but would still highly recommend. I really enjoyed the audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder

minskilini's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder

laura412's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Rape, Abortion, Murder

rmrathe23's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder

pamalama_k's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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I’m speechless. 

I’m not a huge fan of mystery books, but this one got such good reviews that I decided to give it a try. Every time I started to think I knew what was going to happen, something new happened.  Not on a contrived way to keep the reader guessing (which I find annoying) but the story just developed so well.  It may end where you think it will, but the path to get there in original, heart/breaking, and poignant.  This one will stay with me.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion