Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Desaparición para expertos by Holly Jackson

794 reviews

schmutzanna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Gore and Blood

Minor: Drug use, Rape, Chronic illness, Stalking, and Grief

nele_281's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Confinement, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Rape

Minor: Car accident and Cursing

blankaurban's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

This book was a crazy experience. Surreal. Absolutely unreal.

I have just finished reading and I don't even have the words to explain how amazing this whole thing was. I just sat and binge-read the last 200 pages in on sitting.

First of all, the plot of this book?! Holly, how do you even think of something like this? I would have NEVER guessed what was going to happen. I couldn't put it down. It was such a page-turner! 

Also, Pip's character development? What the heck? It was so well-written and the way she had the realization was super crazy.

I don't think I can put the level of amazingness of this book into words, you'll just have to read it yourself.

This was truly a mindblowing experience. This is definitely a 6 star read for me! I recommend you read it 100%! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Murder, Blood, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Cursing and Deadnaming

bo0k_wh0re's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

love as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Sexual assault, Grief, Gaslighting, Violence, Kidnapping, Rape, Murder, Drug abuse, Body horror, and Blood

_izzi_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

maggiespages's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death

samigeo122's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Rape and Grief

ursa_arlo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

While I don't think the mystery of this book is as good as the one in the first book, I do think that the way that it builds on the story improves the first book. 

The characterization and exploration of characters from book 1 is brilliant, showing us a different side to characters we only really saw before in the context of the Andie investigation. It makes them more real, three dimensional and nuanced. The same happens to pip; negative aspects of her character are amplified and shown in a new light. The ending is also devastating. If you've read the first book, you have to read this one too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Murder, Car accident, and Drug use

Minor: Dementia

glund_01's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Rape, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual assault

jscarlet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.75

Before I read the 3rd book, I always thought that the 2nd book was like a filler story. I didn't quite catch the relevance of this story at first, but now I know that this story was needed for the development of the main characters. I was fine, but I still feel like this is a filler story. Tho it made the 3rd book great.

I also hated how Max Hastings was said not guilty in this book. It made me stop reading it for days because I was so furious. The 3rd book brought justice to him tho.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Kidnapping, and Gun violence