Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

309 reviews

slash's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Murder

mezthly's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Murder

kellyhennings's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Rape, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Gun violence, Incest, Car accident, and Abortion

storysorcery's review against another edition

DNF at 60%, but not because it was a bad book. It was actually pretty interesting, but the SA and all of the other sexual content was just too much for me. I find that I can handle rape scenes if I'm expecting them, but I didn't look deep enough into this book to be warned ahead of time, which is my own fault. 

What I did read, I'll give a 3.5 rating. Hillier's writing isn't bad, it's just not for me. I'm still intending on trying another book of hers (AFTER I read triggers). But Geo is just not likeable AT ALL; I need to actually like a main character to feel any sort of emotion other than annoyance and dislike for them. Angela wasn't all that likeable, and Kaiser was so basic. It was depressing. 

The storyline itself is great. For the right person, the execution could be fabulous. It was, unfortunately, not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Murder

aremedy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense

• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

sarahdelucchi's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This book was way heavier than I expected. I also didn’t love the time jumps. I found every flash back to highschool before the event happened really boring. The mammoth scene in the prison was horrifying and I had to switch from audiobook to reading after part one because I thought it would be less intense. Thank good cause a lot more child murder than I thought was going to happen. Parents might want to skip this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, and Murder

marybeth494's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia

pinkdynamite22's review against another edition

dark

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

With an interesting start, this book slowed down quite a bit in the middle before coming back with a big plot twist. Using consistent characters across multiple timelines, Jennifer Hillier took us on the roller coaster ride of the main character's life, including a stint in prison. I do have a couple minor questions left unanswered but overall, I would recommend this book to anyone without sensitivities for light s3x scenes and r@pe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

corywbowers's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Terminal illness, Blood, Abortion, and Alcohol

svincent97's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Murder