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14 Ways to Die by Vincent Ralph

29 reviews

bookdxryl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

Graphic: Death, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide

annamwallace66's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

jellyjello's review against another edition

• 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

4.25

A better version of « A good girl guide to murder ». You don’t know which clues are relevant and which ones are not. Easy read with small chapters! It was a little bit frustrating at time because the main character is a little bit dumb 
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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

modernhobbitvibes's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

itzbrianna's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.0

14 Ways to Die is a tense and emotional mystery where the protagonist, Jess, agrees to do a reality show in the hopes of finding her mother’s murderer.

This book has been on my btr list for awhile, and I’ve heard great things about Vincent Ralph’s work. 14 Ways to Die overall was an interesting mystery and definitely kept me intrigued despite some grievances.

This book has short and choppy chapters and this is the biggest mistake by the editing team (whoever is responsible) for this novel. A lot of the chapters could’ve been combined because they were a continuation from the previous chapter. I don’t think there was much strategy involved when it came to breaking chapters up. 

I read this alongside the audiobook (which I have to do these days) and the narrator definitely took me out of the story at times. Her voice was monotone and whiny. 

The mystery itself was the best part about this novel. And the plot hit close to home for many reasons but I still found a way to find this story enjoyable. There were many moments where I thought I knew who the killer was, but my third guess was absolutely correct. I never would’ve guessed the why though. 

If you enjoy slow paced mysteries that have an emotional storyline then you’ll enjoy this. Just beware if the audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Self harm

Minor: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

dakotaw59's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Murder

doegirlreads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Stalking, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ashlynevans's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Death of parent

anahita_10's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child abuse

hxayys's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? N/A

3.5

At times it was really slow and just had no exciting bits, it wasn’t predictable to me but i dont really try and predict it because it ruins the experience for me, this took me approximately 3 days to read. But if you want a murder mystery that’s fairly similar to Holly Jackson’s books, I recommend this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder