Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Shadows by Alex North

32 reviews

addiclaire's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

jordan_fri's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

bookswithjk's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

North always writes his stories teetering on the edge between the supernatural and reality. Half the time I expected Charlie to really be a murderous, vengeful ghost. However, unlike The Whisper Man, I felt the events in this book a bit hard to follow - whereas the detective in the prior book had a connection to the first person narrator, Amanda did not, and her chapters felt almost like an unnecessary addition to the story. Nonetheless, I loved the twist about the victim’s identity (unless it was clearly obvious from the start and I just missed it). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

kris386's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Infidelity and Alcohol

madisonpages98's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Amazing read with a great twist ending! Very unexpected. Writing style was beautiful but not overly complex. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Self harm, Blood, and Murder

aoifestardust's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

awalls143's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

The overall plot was good. The chapters were a little confusing between the switching point of views and time periods. There is a twist towards the end I feel I should have seen coming but totally didn’t. It changed the way I saw the characters in a good way. Definitely recommend for someone who likes darker books, some scenes are pretty graphic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

jessicas_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Animal death

gm_vak's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

sunshinestark's review against another edition

5.0

The Shadows is delightfully creepy, with twists you won't see coming from a mile away, and a must read. 25 years ago Charlie Crabtree committed a gruesome murder before disappearing. Since he was never found, there's always been speculation he's still alive out there. Now, copycat killers have emerged, inspired by what Charlie did, thrusting the case back into the limelight. Then, strange things begin to happen to those who knew Charlie as a teenager. Has Charlie truly been in hiding all this time? If so, why choose now to make himself known again? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder