Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

38 reviews

kimberlyswalters's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Murder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content and Stalking

karmapen's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

    A man drinking at an airport bar meets a woman and they talk about killing his wife, she agrees to help. But why would she help him? Who is she? And will they go through with it?
 
     While this is a twisty mystery thriller with multiple POVs, none of the main characters are particularly likable. And the men are quite misogynistic and obsessed with women and sex, it was like half the men's POVs were describing the woman's bodies sexually especially the breasts and how clothes fit them. I hope all men aren’t like these men on the inside! Even the women whose POVs you got weren't likable. Basically, all the MCs were trash human beings.
 
     I only gave a high-ish rating because the overall plot was good even if the characters while detailed and complex, were unlikable, and the book had an overall misogyny to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Alcohol, Murder, Misogyny, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Cursing, Pedophilia, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual content, Car accident, and Vomit

killmoore_'s review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Lemme start with this - I didn't know that there was a sequel to this when I started it, so the ending left me furious, haha. 

This book made me so dang happy. Lots of perspective changes and plot twists, brilliant yet clumsy murder sequences, and a woman psychopath that is actually well written. The characters are flushed out and absolutely awful people, except for maybe poor Braggett.

I can't wait to read the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Car accident

literally_mint's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Gore, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

book_lover1028's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Stalking, Violence, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Death, Infidelity, and Animal death

heather_harrison's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.25

Twisty murder mystery. 

I went into my reading relatively blind, and expected it to be a retelling of “Strangers on a Train” (plane) but it definitely surpassed that. 

Spoiler

All of the characters were unlikeable at best and sociopaths at worst. I enjoyed Lily’s chapters more. I found Ted to be repugnant and I ALMOST DNF’d based on his early chapters. The narrator also got under my skin to make it worse. After he died, I enjoyed the story more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Animal death

julissadantes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was surprising in many ways. I read it in a single seating, I havent done that in yers, that's how exciting this was.

What starts like a harmless conversation on an airport bar, that looks like any beginning of yet another cheating story, turned out to be an interconnected massive strategy planning that lead to surprises any other book has ever given me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death

nugsforbugs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

so good and fast paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Death, Stalking, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, and Car accident

amandalawrance'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Pedophilia