Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

137 reviews

bulbasaurcowboy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This was a very good thriller. It deals with a lot of themes; alcoholism, abuse, relationships, motherhood, and dealing with loss. It was a little slow at the beginning, but there was still something about how well it's written that makes you want to keep going. Even when I had figured out what probably happened (I was right!), the author still had a way of keeping you interested just to see how it would all play out. The .5 star missing is mostly for how rushed the ending seemed considering how slow paced it was at first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

iamkiaraayleen's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Abortion

stindex's review against another edition

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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Self harm, Violence, Blood, and Pregnancy

read33r's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder

crystaldragonst's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Death

maddiehoop's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

lbeller7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

meant2breading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

If you want a fast paced, multiple POV, trying to fill in the gaps of time, murder mystery, then you probably  will like some elements of this book like I did. For me, the plot twist felt very predictable. I did like having the story told between the three primary female characters even though, be warned, they are not exactly likable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Violence and Gaslighting

TW: DV, Abuse, Addiction

lucyford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

A really great mystery book! It met all my expectations and the story came together very satisfyingly at the end. The complex changes in timelines and characters really let you get the most of the story, and led to a very unexpected but believable ending. The writing style is nice as well, and my only criticism is that it wasn’t super captivating in the first hundred pages or so, but the rest of the book made it all worth it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Abortion

abigailhaagen's review against another edition

dark mysterious

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

4.0

Captivating book with a good mystery, even I did figure it out halfway through (I say, adjusting my Sherlock Holmes hat), but it was still interesting to see how the characters/author played it out. The gradual revealing of lives and secrets was well done also. The prose itself wasn't great; there weren't distinctions between character voices, and a lot of the story was told to us instead of shown. That said, it was still done well, and, even though the characters were awful people making awful decisions, I still managed to sympathize with them, even if I was just yelling at them to not be stupid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Abandonment

Minor: Fatphobia and Abortion