Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

20 reviews

julieyael's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Nicely written, with a lot of plot twists. The tension builds up and each new element made me want to read further. 
Though, without spoiling, I would say that the last chapters with the « big reveal » where a bit underwhelming for me. 
I did not find out the explanation, and was surprised, but I was expecting something a little bit more impressive. 
A good read, which makes me want to read more from this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

Minor: Outing

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Wish we could do partial stars, but some we can’t, I’ll round up to four. I generally like Peter Swanson’s books. And I enjoyed this one too. The main issue I had with it is the same one I have with most cat-and-mouse stories - there’s nowhere really to go after the reveal. So as much as I enjoy most of the book, the endings often feel forced and hackneyed. I did like the format of the book starting out as a memoir. Reminded me a bit of Humbert’s confession. And like Humbert, the protagonist was really hard to like, especially as he revealed more and more of himself. The more I disliked him, the more I looked the book, which is usually the opposite for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Body horror, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Car accident, Murder, Pedophilia, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Sexual harassment, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, and Blood

gellyreads's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

Swanson continues to be a solid mystery author. Although I continue to wonder why he seems to be obsessed with

suicide and killers killing themselves

. I pretty much enjoyed this one. I sadly didn't see

him killing his wife coming

and didn't think too hard

about who the other killer was

, so was shocked about it. I enjoyed it for the fun ride I found it to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Infidelity, Death, and Drug abuse

kefowler's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

mohaa's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Pedophilia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Car accident, and Infidelity

ali_sun's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

3.5

It was a good book. The beginning was intriguing and had me wanting to continue but it wasn’t a strong compulsion. It wasn’t until at least halfway through that I didn’t want to stop reading and wanted to know what we were going to find out next. And bonus, there are some good recommendations for books throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Grief, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

allie_ooop's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Suicide, Alcohol, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Car accident, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

bookwormabby54's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Murder, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Stalking, and Violence

faraway_'s review

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

I feel nothing and not in a good way. This was just really underwhelming.
Besides, it kept spoiling a bunch of mystery novels that I would've liked to read --> not fun

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Death, and Infidelity

sophia_dawn's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This is the best thriller that I have read in a while. Using a severely unreliable narrator was a great way for the author to conceal the plot twists, and there were a lot. There were some very dark themes in this book, but I liked the cyclical aspect and how everything truly connected. It was intense and crazy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Murder, Infidelity, Alcoholism, and Suicide