Reviews tagging 'Murder'

O Hipnotista by Lars Kepler

16 reviews

cnapple's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

A quick read. Prose is fairly bland and overly expository, but that may be an artefact of translation. Characters are not particularly well-developed or likeable, but their past and interrelationships are central to the plot. The plot itself, despite the many twists and turns necessary to the genre is relatively shallow, with no deeper meaning or theme beyond the words on the page. There's also a strange and somewhat off-putting bait and switch wherin halfway through the book, the primary plot becomes all but irrelevant, and the b- plot takes center stage. 

All negatives aside, however, I found myself literally unable to put the book down until I figured out what was going on. So if you're looking for a book to take over your afternoon without taking up too many processing cycles, this may be the read you're looking for.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Gore, Murder, Mental illness, Violence, and Drug abuse

anneenichole's review against another edition

Increasing language and vulgarity

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Drug abuse, and Medical trauma

ash122's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Murder, Self harm, Blood, Torture, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Bullying

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Incest

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

eelin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Death, Incest, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Mental illness, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Forced institutionalization

markandcover's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse

pastagiulia06's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual content, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gun violence, Gore, Infidelity, Death, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Infertility, Abortion, and Alcohol

kirbyii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Drug abuse, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Incest

sammelito's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Great thriller which had me hooked throughout. Didn't always like the switches between perspectives

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Incest, Rape, and Child abuse

Minor: Drug abuse

knik's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

3.5

Flat characters and a red herring that isn’t wrapped up tainted everything I liked about the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Murder, Child death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Child abuse

Minor: Stalking, Suicide, and Self harm

smmarshall221's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Murder, and Child death

Minor: Incest