Reviews with content warning for Murder - The Lion's Den

The book is more mystery, little thriller. Perfect for scary cats. Easy to read, good for a beach or weekend read.

The beginning was a little confusing has you try to figure out was going on and so much weird stuff starts happening that you are like Belle saying “that’s not normal, that’s not cool”. It really picked up for me past the middle of the book and from there I couldn’t put it down and just wanted my two questions answered.

Which brownie points to the author, cause she did answer them. The ending did not surprise me much and it did wrap up very nicely. No loose ends.

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amcfadden's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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amorales107's review against another edition

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mysterious tense

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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lindseygarner's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I went into this book blind and it was a good ride. Well written. Characters you love to hate. Slightly predictable ending but still fun.

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collinsd's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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allisonmaclaury's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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kyriannaj's review

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

0.5

CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING THIS BOOK!!!

This book is a bit complicated. The ending plot twists help explain the main character's actions throughout, but without knowing them it seems as if the main character has no issue with the things happening to her and around her. It does an amazing job slowly delving more and more into the past giving you just enough information each time to understand another piece of the puzzle without fully knowing everything. However, the way the book deals with certain triggering topics comes across as very casual and with no regard for the severity of them. Additionally, the traumatic events are never fully dealt with in the book and simply exist in the background before eventually disappearing, or in one case are used to villify a character. There was a lot of potential with this book but I felt it missed the mark at almost every point.

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