Reviews tagging 'Death'

La Vérité sur l'affaire Harry Quebert by Joël Dicker

21 reviews

malesarmiento's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Child abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Violence

lu_mog's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

O suspense é maravilhoso. A escrita de Joël realmente te prende na história. Todavia, dois pontos me fizeram dar uma nota mediana no livro: a abordagem do relacionamento entre um adulto e uma adolescente e o "pacing" da história. O primeiro ponto me deu um gosto amargo ao longo de toda a história. O fato do narrador não ter uma opinião mais incisiva sobre o caso de Harry e Nola me incomodou. Senti que o relacionamento foi romantizado, mas já vi outras pessoas com opinião contrária à minha, então talvez eu tenha deixado algum detalhe passar. Sobre o segundo, sinto que a escrita de Joël é fluida, porém alguns capítulos arrastam a história por repetirem pontos já estabelecidos e não trazerem mais nenhum detalhe novo. Não sinto que o livro precisaria ser muito mais curtos, pois todas as pistas são utilizadas no final. Contudo, a narrativa se torna arrastada em alguns pontos.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

beatriks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

4.0

It took me a while to get into it, but then the story really captured me. What I found disappointing is the fact that the female characters (apart from the victim) were quite flat and stereotypical. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent and Adult/minor relationship

aliciapiron's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Death

izzybell's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Child death

camillarossi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Domestic abuse, Murder, Death, Violence, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Car accident

Minor: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Homophobia

abibliophobic_nerd's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Sexual content, Stalking, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Murder, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

btrz7's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

Don't know what I just read.
I feel like most of the characters were these stereotype/charicature mesh, with absolutely absurd details about some of the side characters. In the end, all of the twists and turns at the end weren't enough to convince me, as I felt it was just taking too long.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Car accident, Death, Grief, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

jazful's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

I couldn't stop reading! I didn't see all the plot twists coming, although with other mystery novels I actually figure out what it's about very quickly. This book was just completely different. Probably the best mystery novel I've ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Grief, Mental illness, Police brutality, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical trauma

ging090803's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-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

2.5

I felt terrible giving it only 2 stars that's why I gave the 2.5 stars. 
Honestly, I understand the idea. It was a great idea. The plot is good... But oh men, it was so long. I am sure the mysterious death of Nola could have been solved way faster than that. I don't understand why, all book long, we had a suspect then no suspect then too many suspects, etc etc. We were circling around everything for 800 pages. I'm sure I would have loved how it was written (between present and past from the author's POV) normally but not this time. It was only confusing and eternal. 
If someone wants a recommendation from me, I will say that there are other great mystery books before this one... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Stalking, Self harm, Violence, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Car accident and Sexual content