Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Playing Nice by JP Delaney

9 reviews

tenjusahari's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I liked this book a lot. It was full of difficult conflicts that were super exciting to read. It was hard to really like any of the characters but most of them had an interesting development. 
The end was kind of surprising for me (spoiler warning): I'm not happy that Maddie killed Miles. I really hate people like Miles because he's way too dominant, egoistic, dangerous and without any emotions but what Maddie did is just an act of self-justice and I can't morally agree with that. But I'm still kind of happy with the end because it feels like the kids are alright. At least I hope so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

kfran12's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, and Cursing

blueyogi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Medical content, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

amydrisc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism and Mental illness

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, and Alcohol

raysh3ll's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

This book was sometimes challenging for me to read because I found it so tense and uncomfortable. Overall I thought it was good, but compared to the pace of the rest of the book, the ending felt rushed. It seems like the topics the writer wrote about were well researched.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity, Murder, and Pregnancy

shereadsmysteries's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Pedophilia, and Abortion

NICU flashbacks

amyspag's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Murder

ohkimly's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

this book had me thinking heavily at each action, doubting not only the many “antagonists,” but also the main characters as well. i don’t know how to feel about the ending, i only know i don’t judge the characters for how it ended because i can’t say i wouldn’t do the same. really good book, definitely worth the read. (did not pass the bechdel test as far as i could tell) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

smoothas_sylk's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Murder