Reviews tagging 'Death'

How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

30 reviews

jai_bear96's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Really fun book, lots of red herrings and twists

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Gore

lucy_jan_smith's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Gore, and Stalking

em_no_el30's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Death, and Body horror

lorenewescott's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity

disguisedposer's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

If you like YA books and/or slasher films, this is for you. I gave it 4.5*. I'd never read anything by this author before, but I'll be looking up more of her work. It was very fast-paced and engrossing; procedural (for a slasher) without being too predictable and staying a little meta - think Scream movies, but updated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Medical trauma

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

justine15's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Murder, Stalking, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Violence

Minor: Car accident and Adult/minor relationship

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

3.75

Beginning was a little slow but it def picks up and is entertaining. Legit didn't know who the killer was until the reveal. And what a reveal it was!
Kind of reminded me of My Heart is a Chainsaw in some aspects with all the horror movie references, the main characters being into horror movies, and the main characters talking/thinking about finals girls and how to be like them. 
I will say with everything that happened, the ending was not my fave. Is it shocking? Yes. Is it satisfying? Absolutely not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Car accident, and Alcohol

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Infidelity, and Violence

haley49's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I’m so mad but also so amazed. This was such a twisty ya book that constantly kept me guessing. I’m so upset yet so happy with how great this story was. A twisted Halloween take on it’s a wonderful life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Blood, Car accident, Grief, Suicide attempt, Body horror, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexism, Racism, Transphobia, and Pedophilia

phoenixlovesbooks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I thought that the plot twists, and terror factor was on point. There were multiple times in this book that I was actually freaked out. The ending completely blindsided me and I still can't get over it. I will say that the first 50 pages were really cringy and that's why I didn't rate this 5 Stars. If you can make it through awkward high school interactions, then I think this will be perfect for you. Once the story picks up, it goes away, and you are met with a great story with plot twists you wont be able to guess

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Murder, Grief, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Police brutality