Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

63 reviews

alicelalicon's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, Car accident, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Racial slurs and Transphobia

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

As always, Joe is fucking batshit. I like that there are deviations from the show in the book — it helps keep it interesting. Also interesting is Joe’s reasoning/logic skill. I am fascinated yet terrified by his brain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kingpeach77's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Stalking, and Murder

molly_greenshields's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

_trashley's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

theimposter's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Abandonment

vkitoria's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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? Yes

3.25

i loooved the first book, this one i simply liked. the writing and character voice was on par with the first, but honestly? the show wrote joe’s time in LA about a thousand times better. everything that happened in this book just felt messy. not sure if i’ll read the next one, i’ll see!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

ririreadss's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This Joe is a menace!! I need Penn Badgley back

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Hidden Bodies was sick, both in a good and bad way. Caroline, damn! You created something so believable I got scared. Haha! Character-wise, Joe had a funny and loud mind that I liked a lot. He was savage, and I loved it! He was also so problematic that it made me sad because of his shitty childhood. Joseph Goldberg was a waving red flag that attracted another red flag named Love. The irony! The murders were unforgivable for apparent reasons. I was not too fond of the fact that he thought people's lives were in his hands. (When he decided not to kill certain characters, as if they needed to thank him for not killing them) It was disturbing and disgusting. But overall, the story was compelling and fast-paced. 😎

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

3.75

This was a little less thrilling compared to You, the first novel in the series but still a must read to keep up with Joe & his nutty self. Love is more of a brat and not as compelling as her TV show counterpart. Forty was still odd. Delilah didn’t play a big part in this. I found myself going back to the TV show a lot because I think the producers did a great job with bringing Love and the new people to life alongside Joe. This seemed more of a filler to set up for the other books. I’ll still read books 3 & 4 though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Murder