Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Change by Kirsten Miller

116 reviews

pjj's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

All the stars! I listened to this one and strongly recommend it to connect fully with the characters and their voices in the audio. Misogyny, “good ol boys,” men running the world and sliding up the ladders of success while women struggle to make the climb. All come into play in the testament to women coming into - and grabbing onto - their own power. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, and Violence

haddy's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

2.0

Based off of the blurb, I thought I would love this. Witches taking down the patriarchy? Yes please.
However, I was disappointed in the plot, writing style, and characterisation.
Could have been ~100 pages shorter, none of the characters are fleshed out, nearly every male character is just 100% bad and overtly misogynistic- which is just not the case in real life.
I didn’t find the ending satisfying, I found it pretty predictable and I was just generally disappointed.

especially that Jo stayed with her deadbeat husband?? Did he ever start doing any of the household chores? When did his play actually get published? And then the second he gets any success he tells her she has to move??? NO THANKS

There was also clearly a lack of research done into any hobby/skill that the 3 women had which was so annoying.
Harriet is a babe though, I’ll give you that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Murder

trippalli's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.0

The vengeance of strong women in this book take a magical turn as they uncover the murders of teen girls and uncover a web of evil abuse in their town they are seeking answers to and devising how to intervene and prevent further murders

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Murder, Violence, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Child death, Stalking, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

djbobthegirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Stalking, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Drug use, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Child death, Classism, Grief, Rape, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, and Gaslighting

juanat77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Mental illness, Trafficking, Stalking, Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child death, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual content

prose_and_peonies's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

This book was a bit much for me. It is very heavy, even the parts we are supposed to cheer for. I think I was supposed to be happy at how the ending turned out, but I wasn’t. While this one localized issue was resolved, what about the rest of the world? 

I also had some questions that were unanswered. If other women like the three main characters exist and have existed for generations, how isn’t there a larger network of them?  

After certain characters were introduced I knew fairly quickly they’d end up being the bad folks, but I didn’t know how. I almost DNF this audiobook several times but I did ultimately want to know how it ended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual violence

shaykit's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, and Death

mandtastic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

I loved this book. Thriller, mystery, feminine power all wrapped in to one supernatural story. The characters are strong and venerable all at once and the plot is somewhat predictable but still very good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

shes_mack's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I need a sequel. Or more chapters/POV’s getting to know everyone better. This book is cathartic & itched a scratch I didn’t know I had. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Police brutality

nu_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely insane book. Loved the mystery element and actually enjoyed the characters so much that the flashbacks at the beginning weren’t too jarring, and when you get into the meat of the story they become so good. The description says it best that’s it’s a rage scream of a book, and while some women may not have had these experience there are a lot who have or know ones that have. The revenge aspect was very satisfying but it takes you on a ride before you get there!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Misogyny, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Rape, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault