Reviews tagging 'Murder'

A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight

23 reviews

alexjarvis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

hmetwade's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rowanbg's review

mysterious medium-paced

2.75

If your book is going to switch between first and third person, the story itself has to justify that decision, and this did not

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

chestylarue's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

I couldn’t bring myself to like a single character in this book. I only finished it because my curiosity wouldn’t let me not find out what happened. The plot was quite interesting but the characters were totally unlikeable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Stalking, and Murder

sarahweyand's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

I read this book for part of a book club and probably wouldn't have picked it up otherwise, but it wasn't too bad. I think the biggest drawback I have with the domestic thriller / crime thriller genre is that they tend to all blend together pretty quickly. I don't remember a bunch about this plot, but I will say that I enjoyed the audiobook narration.

I was intrigued and the book kept me on edge and wanting to know what's next pretty consistently, but I felt disappointed at all the loose threads and red herrings that were almost more interesting than the plot we ended up with. The premise was interesting, but I would have almost rather had this be a contemporary or literary fiction that delved more into some of those B plots.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

peachmoni's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Rape, and Classism

Minor: Chronic illness, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Car accident, and Death of parent

zerkleoflife's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was written well, and I enjoyed the mystery! I guessed a couple of the twists, but there were several I didn’t see coming!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Infertility, Racism, and Police brutality

frogggirl2's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This is a very middling, generic sort of thriller.  It's serviceable - it doesn't fail at anything particularly - it's just formulaic and it's easy to foresee the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Infertility

goodaim's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

dilani's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Lizzie must represent an old law school friend despite her not specializing in criminal law. And on top of that she’s in a strained marriage that’s already taken so much from her. 

The beginning is very slow. I’d say it isn’t until the last half that things start to pick up. I will say the twists toward the end took me by surprise. It was fine for a thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault