Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp

20 reviews

flat221b's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Marieke does it again! Another page-turner for my collection. I simply could not put it down (except for around the climax - I shouldn’t have been reading at night! 😨) It goes between 5 POVs of a friend group who battles struggles internally, within themselves, and within their group. Has a true DND feel to it that I really appreciated! 
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rosesandstuff's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

I wish we had more of the murderers perspective,
Spoiler the look into Liva’s mind really made the book for me
Spoiler but overall this book made me so happy and tense and I loved it
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bradley's review

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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beesreadingshelf's review

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dark emotional 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? Yes

3.25

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mxajlikesbooks's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Plot seemed messy and all over the place, too much going on at once with various character's personal circumstances. Book needed to be longer and go into much more depth about various things to get the feel I think it was going for. Felt like I didn't have time to properly absorb or care about character details. Some of the dialogue and text was too on the nose. I love a good found family, creating your own meaning from life and facing it together sorry, but I didn't need to be beaten over the head with that being one of the main themes. I really wanted to like this book and finished it out of curiosity to see how it ended but I couldn't get into it and just didn't care like it wanted me to.
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parasolcrafter's review

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

this book could have been so much better, but it fell miles short </3
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aqulia's review

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adventurous fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Even When We Break was a fun book to read, but I'm not sure Nijkamp intended that.  I loved that there was an autistic character, because characters with autism are really rare.  The trans and nonbinary representation was great, too.  The interactions between Molly, Finn, and Ever where great, and I love how Nijkamp explored all of the characters flaws.  And their game sounded super fun! The death traps, while rather silly, were fun to read.

However, this book has some major flaws.  First, some of the POVs sounded too similar.  Molly's was distinct, but Liva and Carter's often sounded similar.  This problem was worse between Finn and Ever.  I actually had to flip back to the beginning of the chapter to differentiate the two.  Second, figuring out the killer was way to easy.  You can guess before the group starts their game, and figuring it out after the death is trivial.  The killer's motivation for committing the crimes was rather non-sensical, and beating the killer felt too easy.

In short, if you are looking for a tense book that leaves you guessing who the killer is, this is not for you.  However, if you want to have a good time with the book version of an 80's slasher b-movie, Even When We Break is the book for you.
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g0ryg0bl1n's review

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

the main antagonist was a little predictable. the cast was diverse in the sense of sexuality, gender, and ‘health’. i am pretty sure the group was made up of mostly white people. they address that in the book though. the characters were relatable. 
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anniereads221's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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longlost's review

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

3.0

wow the villain of this book is a real piece of shit huh
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