Reviews tagging 'Deportation'

Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz

17 reviews

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

julienicole1106's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Deportation

burnourhistory's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Suicide and Deportation

ashylibrarian's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.0

One of Us is Lying meets Agatha Christie in this graduation celebration murder mystery. 

There is a LOT of drama packed into this book, making it fun to put pieces of the puzzle together to try and guess the killer. There are obvious characters who didn't do it, but there is also a big muddle puddle of characters who could have definitely done it. 

I do wish the ending was a bit longer to share more of what happened "after." However, as far as YA mysteries go, I think the ending is pretty on par with most books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use and Suicide

Minor: Deportation

adult/minor relationship

bookrecsplease's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this murder mystery a lot! Even though the protagonist was a suspect and not a detective, because of the unique ways in which she was invested in the murder and pursued the investigation, it felt a lot like a classic detective fiction. Plus, I loved the consulting detective so much, and despite the myriad flaws among the group of friends, I really didn’t hate any of them (except the murdered one, as to be expected haha). 

I thought I would hate the flashbacks, taking us away from the main storyline and seeing so much high school drama, but with the way that they varied in POV and were so short, it didn’t hurt the momentum of the mystery at all. 

The dramatics of the ending felt a little contrived for me, but it wasn’t terrible. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Suicide, Violence, and Deportation

starrygoldeneyes's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Deportation

leelaamanda's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug use, Suicide, Blood, Abandonment, and Deportation

aseel_reads's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.0

I definitely did not suspect the twist at the end but it felt like it took forever to get there and all the flashbacks didn't really add much to the mystery 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

xapoptosisx's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.75

This was pure trashy rich teenage drama with murder and I'm here for it. The ending is also definitely something very poetic I'd say but yeah good mystery book definitely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

carolyngrace's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship