Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Good Lie by A.R. Torre

96 reviews

kyndalb's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death, and Murder

nehaslibrary'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

4.25

I didn’t expect much going into this so my expectations were exceeded. It’s a gripping story, the perfect length, but I didn’t connect with it as much as I would have wanted to, pushing through a slump as I was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Grief, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

rebeccarainn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Murder, Kidnapping, Grief, and Child abuse

sydneyhalliwell's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

coco78337's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Torture, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

lupita_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Pedophilia, Murder, Homophobia, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

ms3333's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Child abuse

Moderate: Torture, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Kidnapping

sizzlesteaks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Child death, Grief, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Sexual assault, Violence, Torture, Pedophilia, and Death

Minor: Self harm and Abortion

josisbooks's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

1.0

I went into this expecting.. something and then just abhorred the MC. 

CW: rape, violence, torture, emotional violence

The perspective changes were weird and annoying (who switches between one first person pov and two to five third person povs? why not stick with the third person in any case? i don’t get it). There’s some mildly concerning fascination with boobs - women about their own, sons about their mom’s boobs, predator boobs. There’s a boob for everyone.

The initial twist in the story was good, but I couldn’t get into how it played out with Robert. 

All in all, I think I’ve read washing labels with more riveting writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

purplenoodlepie's review against another edition

challenging mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

SPOILERS AHEAD!

When Gwen was writing the profile and didn't realise then that it was John BLEW MY MIND!!! I knew it was him and she couldn't put 2 & 2 together? This ruined a very good book for me. With all her years of experience there is no way she wouldn't have made that connection.

 Didn't warm to any of the characters but overall the story is good, fast paced and draws you in right til the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia