Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

My Murder by Katie Williams

13 reviews

booksandbabble's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

vj_thompson's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious relaxing slow-paced

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

4.0

A story about murder but becomes something else entirely. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

bessadams's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Stalking and Death of parent

knit_the_resistance's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Well I definitely did NOT see the ending coming. This book was outside my comfort zone (speculative fiction is not my jam), but I really enjoyed it. I thought it was a really clever exploration of PPMD and the idea of postpartum psychosis. What if a psychotic break could be manifest? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

jakobmarleymommy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Stalking and Pregnancy

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is beautifully written! Williams had me hooked from the very beginning and did an excellent job of unwinding the story with beautiful, flowy language. I can't wait to reread this knowing the ending to see what hints I can pick up on that I missed the first time. 

If you were let down by Grady Hendrix's The Final Girls Support Grpup but loved the premise, this book will absolutely redeem it for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent

vagaybond's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

(Major spoilers, entire suspense level spoilers.)

The protagonist turns out to have not really died, and meets the alternate version of herself. This might be a bit too much unreality for some. The other version of herself who she found had ran away to abandon her family on an impulse because of postpartum depression. There are also significant parts of the story where it is suspected that the protagonist's husband had murdered her. There are graphic descriptions of the different possibilities that the protagonist envisions.

There is also a scene with a break-in, and a probably traumatized teenager as the witness who is

coached into lying about what happened

. Postpartum depression, early motherhood (and guilt relating to not being a good enough mother), some weird corporate PR exploitation, murder and descriptions of that, among other things, are all major themes in the story.

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail