Reviews tagging 'Murder'

I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney

27 reviews

geck_h8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Excrement, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

elinandi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Rape, Suicide, and Murder

leaonaxreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

Holy moly, this is my third book from Alice Feeny, and while I’m definitely noticing a theme, I am never prepared for the twists and turns she crafts. I feel  like most of her books have serious trigger warnings, so tread carefully. Despite the often heinous nature of the books, her writing is quite excellent. Her imagery is amazing and I feel like I’m in the scenes. The particular twist at the end really through me for a loop and literally disgusted me so I feel compelled to deduct a star for that, but overall excellent thriller as usual

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Murder

alyssamac's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Rape, and Murder

va1kyreads's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? It's complicated

1.0

(SPOILER is a trigger for traumatic animal death)
What the fuck did I just read?
I thought

an abusive parental figure deep frying a child's pet hamster

would be the worst part of this novel. I was very, very wrong. 
The book is a decent ride until the last 15 or so percent in which everything falls apart in an entirely uncomfortable (to put it mildly) way. And I am normally not one to get squeamish about taboo topics and depictions. But what editor let this mess of left-field ending featuring INCEST make it to print?
Seriously, I just want to talk. Mostly to a therapist, but said editor and Feeney need to come with me to pay for the services I now need.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

screechie's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? No

4.0

Now THAT was a twist I didn’t expect(eeked out is an understatement). If I’d been reading it in physical book form,I’d want to boil it.

Listened to it on 1.5 speed.I’m not sure if it’s the writing or the voice actor’s reading pace, but if it’s on normal speed I zone out within 5 minutes.Speeding it up turned it into a straight-through listen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

enlamont's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Incest, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

steviespirit's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

maliabennie's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, and Murder

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

This is my fourth Alice Feeny book and although I haven't read all of her books I have noticed that Alice really loves using past and present perspectives to relay her thriller. Nothing wrong with that, it's just something I picked up while reading.

I don't know why, but for some reason, I was really feeling her writing in this book. There are some relatable quotes in there. While the pacing was slow, for some reason that didn't bother me like it would in other thriller books. The twist was shocking (I only guessed a part of it a chapter before) and very repugnant as well. After I finished the book I was rendered speechless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Alcohol