Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

30 reviews

leonorb's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Car accident

cyarrow's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

I really wanted to love this book, but overall found it a bit slow and predictable. Glad I stuck with it, but won't read again. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

mohaa's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Pedophilia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Car accident, and Infidelity

ali_sun's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

3.5

It was a good book. The beginning was intriguing and had me wanting to continue but it wasn’t a strong compulsion. It wasn’t until at least halfway through that I didn’t want to stop reading and wanted to know what we were going to find out next. And bonus, there are some good recommendations for books throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Grief, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

allie_ooop's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Suicide, Alcohol, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Car accident, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

bookwormabby54's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Murder, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Stalking, and Violence

blackrosemoon72's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I was going to give this a three until the last 30 minutes of the book. The reveal wasn't super surprising but I liked the wrapping up of the loose ends at the end of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Car accident, Addiction, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide

phantompansy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Pedophilia

keijiwolf's review against another edition

mysterious

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

goblinbookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence