Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Legacy by Nora Roberts

5 reviews

jessicacooook's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-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

3.25

This was a good book. But if you read any other Nora Roberts books, then you’ve basically read this one. Nothing I disliked, but nothing that surprised me or floored me either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Abortion

frogglin's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Adrian Rizzo is a fitness guru with a strong family connection to her grandparents and their home, as well as a collection of friends to support her as she grows her fitness empire. The arrival of death threats in the form of pretty terrible poetry starts as a blip on her radar, until the threat increases and becomes real.

There are so so many characters in this book it can take a moment to remember who anyone is, and how they fit into the gentle domestic dramas of a sleepy town. One thing to note is the characters rarely, if ever, are in conflict with each other. Adrian herself appears to be the centre of their lives, and whatever she says goes without a murmur of dissent, no matter how bossy or strident she is. 

Much of this novel feels unrelated to the actual point. Do we need multiple chapters dealing with "fitting out a community centre" or "publishing a new comic book"? Nope, but I suppose it helps develop the characters, not that any of them really develop in any meaningful way. They are mostly props to surround Adrian who at times is insufferable. 

It's a pleasant enough read in the small town drama sense, the tension of the threats and their increasing danger takes a while to set in because there's no escalation until the last third of the book. Plenty of time jumps to take Adrian from a teenage fitness goddess to a 30 year old fitness goddess, but it does feel like it takes a long time to get to the point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death

Minor: Miscarriage

mob333's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

cyndi1966's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

tucker68511's review

emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Kidnapping, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Fatphobia