Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Her Last Move by John Marrs

4 reviews

melsiss14's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

A bit slow at first; but, once you reach a certain point, impossible to put down. Definitely had shock factor, and part of it had me almost in tears!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia

clairebonney's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Stalking, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, and Child death

Ch. 25 - mention of animal cruelty and animal death (cat & kittens)

janbee's review

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Confinement, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Blood, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

theinstabookworm's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

THE GOOD: Not a favourite of John's books, but not my least favourite either. This is a nice middle of the road book. It's been a while since I've read a book where the killer comes out on top (that's all I'll say to avoid spoilers), and I definitely didn't see it coming. I also didn't guess many of the twists. I love thrillers that are about serial killers and I also loved the short chapters in this book.

THE BAD: The suspense and shock factor was missing in this one for me to really be satisfied with calling it a thriller. It felt more like crime fiction to me, and because of that the investigation felt long and drawn out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, and Gore

Moderate: Child death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Drug use, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Suicide