Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

58 reviews

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Murder, and War

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

momcneill's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abortion and Death

Minor: Cursing

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-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: Abortion, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

christyadamsphd's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Sexual harassment

Moderate: War, Pregnancy, Murder, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, and Abortion

Minor: Suicide

whatcassiedid's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

This was a pretty heavy read but a beautiful story of the strength, resilience, and intelligence of women in war time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and War

katebates_library's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Abortion, Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Moderate: Pregnancy

fallen_ire's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Cursing

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

beatriks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-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

3.25

I would give a higher rating, but I had such difficulties reading the middle part before the tension was solved. Too much misery is about to happen and you know it. 

I have to say I like the two stories intertwined, and always looked forward to Charlie’s parts. Not that it was better written, but really to relax a little.

The author’s notes are really good and add an extra dimension  to the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Murder, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Violence, and War

book_perk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

 For some reason, this book really droned on for me and felt incredibly long. The story is told from the perspective of two women and two different timelines. While Eve's perspective was enthralling, riveting, and fast-paced, I absolutely despised reading Charlie's perspective. 
This is a very specific pet peeve of mine, but why did Charlie have to be good at math as one of her defining characteristics? This added nothing to the story and Charlie never really relied on her mathematical abilities except to calculate tips and keep track of the money throughout their travels. The analogies of 'solve for x' were overused and frankly used incorrectly. Also, Charlie supposedly studied mathematics in university and when given the opportunity to talk about something she was passionate about with Finn she chose the Pythagorean theorem? Of ALL the beautiful mathematical theorems, results, and proofs... she chose the Pythagorean theorem? I really wish authors would stop writing about mathematics with a basic high school understanding. Eve and Finn are the saving grace of this novel and their story lines kept me reading until the end. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, and Violence