Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner

73 reviews

arkwen452's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

2.5

There's enough mystery and questions as the book opens to hold readers attention with Greenwich Park. It wasn't as suspenseful or thriller-esc as I thought it would be. And the ending kinda leaves readers standing on a damp beach, on a midsummer day. 🤷🏾‍♀️ I would've liked it better if Helen's character got more out of it in the end, even if she was pregnant the entire book; other people were in more control of her life and the things happening around her than she was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, and Medical trauma

grizzy's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Grief, and Murder

smrankin5's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

nicollettereads's review against another edition

dark emotional

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Murder

alliemikes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage and Rape

filipa_maia's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

I loved this book.

Although the action takes its time, everything kinda slowly evolves, this story is brilliantly written and keeps the reader hooked till the end. Think about twists and turns! This book has them all.

Usually, a book is a huge turn off for me when I cannot connect with any of the characters. Somehow, this story, these characters, are different. They are all very hateful, still I just kept reading because I could not put this book down.

I cannot recommend this book enough. It was an amazing read just in time to finish the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Vomit

alyse_turns_pages's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, and Pregnancy

ecandrews0's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

clo_l's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I am very pleasantly surprised by how shocking this book turns out to be. It is a little bit slow here and there but it really really ramps up at the end. I was flying through it so fast, so many pieces of the puzzle falling together. It feels like a rollercoaster ride, loop after loop, giant stomach turning hill after hill. All throughout the book I was coming up with possibilities and attempting to figure the characters & their true selves out. I was worried everything would end up being so obvious, but apparently nothing was obvious because I didn’t get a single theory correct lol. This book is really well written. It truly is suspenseful & shocking! I think it would be great to read the book a second time to fully connect all the dots. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

rachelle_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? No

4.5

I devoured the audiobook in three days, over the course of a road trip. The narrator was fantastic.

This is a fantastic domestic thriller. Helen is an excellent naive, kind character. Rachel’s motives are mysterious, and you know something has to be going on with the other characters, but you don’t know what until the end. 

The pacing was great. Helen’s pregnancy and impending birth really adds to the tension level as everything comes to a head at the end of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity