Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson

4 reviews

olivia_v's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Torture, Body horror, Gore, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

midnightmarauder's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The Jigsaw Man follows Detective Inspector Anjelica Henley as she fights to solve a string of murders in London that leave the victims dismembered. The murders are similar to murders that have happened prior, to which a man, Peter Olivier (dubbed "The Jigsaw Killer"), did the exact same thing. But, because Olivier is incarcerated at the time of the new murders, it is up to Henley to figure out who is doing the killings, and why. 

Joining her is Trainee Detective Constable Salim Ramouter. Henley, a tough and well-respected detective, isn't too fond of him initially. Yet, as time goes on, the pair become close and work well together to solve the case. 

What I liked about this book is how fleshed-out the characters were. I related a lot to Henley, as she is another person who puts up a tough exterior, but internally, is very fearful and anxious. She had a traumatic incident with Olivier at the time of his arrest, which left her with a panic disorder. The incident prevented her from working for a while, but she stayed determined to solve the crimes and despite being fearful, pushed through and did her best to stop the murders. 

Ramouter is well-written too, even though I would've liked to see more of his thought-processes when it came to solving the murders. 

Olivier is written almost too well. He is a haunting, sociopathic individual with little regard to how other people feel. Why he begins to murder people is explained briefly at the start of the book, but I would've wanted to see a bit more about his childhood and how it may have affected his mental state. 

Overall, this book was an enjoyable read. I look forward to reading the rest of the series and more from Nadine Matheson as a whole. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, Medical content, Blood, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Confinement, Death, Stalking, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Dementia, Excrement, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Vomit, and Sexual content

kshertz's review

challenging 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? No

3.5

I don’t really understand why I continue to read gory books when I’m terrible with gore. I guess because I just really love mysterious books and sometimes there’s dismemberment in them. All in all it was really interesting and I couldn’t really see the ending coming which I always like in a mysterious book. But for me it was so gory that I was mostly pushing through instead of enjoying it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Torture

jennivardier's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Torture, and Violence