Reviews tagging 'Murder'

When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

146 reviews

angiebradley's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Murder

96eyez's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical content, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Violence, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Colonisation, Racism, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, and Hate crime

snd1101's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Death, Blood, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, and Slavery

Minor: Forced institutionalization

maggiejean's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Kidnapping, Violence, and Murder

auntiesoshul's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual content, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Racism

barefootbetsy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense 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

4.5

I really liked this. Yes, the pacing could’ve been more even, but the concept was solid and I enjoyed the story!  I, like many other reviewers, could’ve done without the romance subplot; but those issues aside, I thought the story was well done and it certainly drew me in quickly and thoroughly.

The history was fascinating and I have a new appreciation for how difficult (and horrifying) living with the remnants (and current iterations) of slavery and redlining and stolen land must be 😞

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Blood, Grief, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, and Excrement

bookishchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

So the actual "twist" was pretty good but the pacing was extremely slow, and dragged on A LOT. I thought about giving up on it several times but powered through it because I heard great things about the ending. The first 100 pages or so just felt like meaningless conversations, at about 180 pages, things start to speed up. So I have mixed feelings about this one, I really wanted to love it but it was just okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Cursing, and Stalking

rachelle_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Phew. Okay. This didn’t feel like a thriller to me for the first 2/3rds, but that last third was a RUSH. 

Gentrification and the evils of white supremacy and capitalism are the big themes in this book. The first part of the book, the way these themes are treated is firmly based in history and current events. Gentrification is real. The microaggressions and outright racial aggressions experienced by the characters are totally based on real, common events.

By the end, I was pretty sure the events were pretty extreme imaginings… or maybe they really are a logical extension of current patterns or maybe aren’t that far off from reality after all? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Medical trauma, Gore, Blood, and Racism

helloiloveyellow's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

engrossing thriller rooted in history, Get Out meets gentrification 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Moderate: Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Confinement, Police brutality, Death of parent, Death, and Domestic abuse

cnricochet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, Slavery, Lesbophobia, Addiction, Abandonment, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder