Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

15 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

flutelover32's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: Suicide, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

catriona176'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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

Predictable but in a nostalgic old timey way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, and Murder

Minor: Car accident, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

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

cyarrow's review against another edition

dark 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

2.25

I really wanted to love this book, but overall found it a bit slow and predictable. Glad I stuck with it, but won't read again. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

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

blackrosemoon72's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I was going to give this a three until the last 30 minutes of the book. The reveal wasn't super surprising but I liked the wrapping up of the loose ends at the end of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Car accident, Addiction, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide