Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

51 reviews

vivisms_82's review against another edition

mysterious

3.75

If you like Agatha Christie you will like this :) Well written story within a story and thus 2 mysteries to be solved! I didn't score higher because I found the motives for

Magnus Pye's and Alan Taylor's murders to be a little weak.

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

hollewade's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

I loved this, I read this so fast. I found myself just wanting to get to the next clue. I watched the show before this and I still found it satisfying, I have to say I think I like the book more (it made me realize how much I wasn't paying attention watching the show). I usually read Classics, so this was a breeze to read, I did find the end of the book dragged on a little and I found all the excerpts from other books a little confusing. But props to Horowitz for being able to have a distinct voice for Allen and Susan. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia and Fire/Fire injury

korpney's review against another edition

dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, and Blood

leannanecdote's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

litbrett's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

tiffthelibrarian's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

lindaharty's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

anissawren's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Terminal illness, and Murder

Minor: Animal death and Homophobia

sarah_readz's review against another edition

reflective relaxing

• 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

3.5

The murderers didn't make an abundance of sense, and seemed shoehorn in. It felt like the author preferred shocking the reader over allowing us to solve the mysteries based on the clues laid before us.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Biphobia, Death, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Murder, Outing, and Classism

nzmerchant's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

What a fantastic read! Absolutely loved how the stories were interlinked and how we got to view the writing world from the perspective of a rather jaded author. The murder mysteries were so cleverly written and I’ve been thinking about this for days even after I’ve finished reading it. Highly highly recommend and was glued to this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity