Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus

21 reviews

froggybex's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

4.0

she slays again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

sleeping_unicorn's review against another edition

mysterious tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Murder

emily_mh's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

The first 60% of this was a one-star read which is the main reason behind my low rating for this book. Instead of being a mystery/thriller it was actually a dry, insta-lovey romance with a mystery side plot. Little investigation was carried out. You could go entire chapters without new information being uncovered. To top it off one of the MCs, Brynn, was so bland. There was absolutely nothing that made her stand apart from other MCs in the genre. I was just so hugely bored and could find no redeeming qualities in this section. 

The last 40% was an improvement, being more like a four star read. There were some intriguing developments and actual investigation and for the first time I felt entertained. I ended up liking where the mystery ended up. Tripp became a dimensional character as we got insight into his guilt and shame. He underwent some serious development in offloading this, and trusting and connecting with others. Even the romance started to improve because the MCs were pretty natural around each other. 

However, even in this last section I had criticisms. Unlike Tripp, Brynn didn’t get any development. I feel like we were supposed to see that she had learnt to balance her journalism with people’s emotions, but this was not conveyed well as she still kept pushing for answers at other people’s expense until the very end. I also wish that the book had offered a critique of true crime seeing as it attempted to look at journalism with nuance (even though I don’t think this was well done either). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Alcohol, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Classism, Stalking, Kidnapping, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Grief, Vomit, Confinement, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Ableism, Blood, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Major: binge drinking Minor: sick parent, divorce, adoption

lias_library22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Grief, Abandonment, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Car accident

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

ttreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Abandonment

emmajh91's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Car accident, and Alcohol

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Car accident, Classism, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

kassidyreads's review against another edition

mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident

ilo_the_duck's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Kidnapping, Gore, Car accident, and Domestic abuse