Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Perfect Place to Die by Bryce Moore

6 reviews

fictionaladventures's review

2.0

The main reason this wasn’t an interesting read is we know who the killer is the entire time. I mean, it’s based on a real historical event. Sooooo it’s not really an interesting mystery when the readers know everything the whole time. There was no element of surprise or intrigue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

stupidasscupid777's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

i ended up liking this book more than i thought i would. its very well written. it was primarily medium pace, with some faster and slower moments. i took off one star just because i felt it took quite a bit to heat up. overall, i would definitely recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Torture

devynvictoria's review

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

This book was really disappointing, it was a read I was really looking forward too and was let down. It reads like serial killer fan fiction. The plot is predictable and the ending is too “wrapped up in a bow”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse

bookwolftams's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

toofondofbooks_'s review

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

It's gonna be a DNF, besties. DNF @ page 104 out of 304. I tried! I fell in love with the concept and the cover, and so I tried.

This took literally 100 pages to get where it was wanting to go, but when it got there, I was too fed up and bored to care. Also, it is just so weird to frame this narrative as a murder mystery when anyone who picked this book up because they are interested in true crime (like me) already knows who HH Holmes was and what he did. It felt tedious at best. I think this author would probably do well with thrillers - adult ones, and completely fictionalized ones. However, they need to learn how to give their main character more than one personality trait.

There is also an egregious typo on page 104. If the book is set in 1893, there is no reason why I should be reading "1993" on the page. Editing matters, y'all. I feel like this book wasted 4 days of my life and put me into a reading slump. Ugh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Murder

Minor: Excrement

spearly's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

rtc!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Grief