Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen

42 reviews

lauramorosanu's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

alies_in_wonderland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Violence, Sexual assault, Medical content, Torture, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

our_bookish_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

So, I had to do another re-read of Rizzoli & Isles of the new book coming out this year (2022) and I need to be up to date on the info!

Anyways, I love these books. They're brilliantly written and perfectly gory! If you have an active imagine as I do, then you'll have no trouble envisioning certain parts.

IE: the guys leg that is literally hanging on by skin!

I  love Rizzoli and cannot wait until Maura Isles comes in!! I haven't read The Surgeon in quite some time, so while reading I was gasping and shocked at some of the things I read! 😂 

Ok, can we just agree that Moore getting involved with (Catherine) the only known survivor of the orginal murders and rape, during newly active investigations and murders is disturbing, unprofessional and cringey? Every time I read his parts with Catherine, I hate it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders

marleens's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Knowing this book is ‘Rizzoli&Isles #1’ I went in with very different expectations, but this is not a book about likeable strong women figuring out the murder. Isles is nowhere to be seen yet and Rizzoli is a (to me) rather unlikeable side character. It’s also a pretty dated read by now. Aside from the dated technology there is a lot of misogyny and sexism in the story, and I would hope that that would no longer be written like this today… Aside from all this I did mostly have a good time reading it. The pace is fast, the stakes are high, and I enjoyed the fact that we got the killer’s inner monologue as a POV as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Blood, Sexism, Rape, and Medical content

queen_in_yellow's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

Minor: Kidnapping

reya94's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Torture

daralexandria's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

izzysaround's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, and Gore

dhutton1997's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

holy crap. I checked out this book from my library after the StoryGraph recommended it and I’m so glad they did. I typically have a difficult time reading books about serial rapists &killer combos, but Gerritsen does such a good job of balancing scary, suspenseful moments with a budding romance and potential love triangle between

Rizzolli, Moore, and Catherine

. The book kept me on the edge of my seat. I would not recommend this book if you do not want to read stories about law enforcement. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Gore, Misogyny, and Stalking

julsaz's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Medical content, and Murder