Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

19 reviews

thedistortionist's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death, Terminal illness, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury

corriejn's review against another edition

3.75

A whodunnit mystery within a whodunnit mystery-- the first half of the book is a murder mystery story set in small town England in the 1950s, and is presented as a manuscript an editor is reading. The second half reverts back to modern times and the editor-- with a new set of characters and storylines to get to know, which I found a bit jarring. I didn't enjoy the second half as well as the first, and found it dragged a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

angela005's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Suicide

Minor: Racism and Fire/Fire injury

anagspereira's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-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? No

4.0

I loved the premise and its execution, although the ending of the modern day/ real side of the story within a story was a bit disappointing. It was overall a very fun experience and I loved annotating the book with my own comments/ theories throughout the read. 

 

I thought the romantic sub-plot in the modern day era was unnecessary, plus it overall cheapened the story with the whole “will the workaholic woman forgo everything she cares about for romance?” clichê. Specially since by the end she had lost agency to even decide on the matter.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

simply_fran's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Xenophobia and Medical content

purplepenning's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

breezer's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

For a book with such an interesting premise it was SO BORING

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

haileyeden's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

rieviolet'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Dementia, and Fire/Fire injury