Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter

6 reviews

hematthews's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Abortion, and Pregnancy

mikaiten's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and War

k_shimer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Mental illness, and Car accident

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Dementia, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I thought this was an unhinged ride and the format of the book was super interesting and engaging!! there's a lot of twists all throughout and just when you think you have it figured out, you don't. however, the ending was lacking for me so I docked a star.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Racism, Suicide, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

maddireads13's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Dementia, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Racism, Suicide, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

what_heather_loves's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Twenty years ago Luke Ryder's body was found, with horrific head injuries, in his back garden in Campden Hill, North London. Wealthy new and older widow was suspected and her children find his body, but his murderer was never found. Present day and one of those, now adult, children, Guy Howard, commissions a reality TV/true crime documentary (available one episode a week, not streamable) to do what the Metropolitan Police failed to do and find his stepfather's killer.

In a combination of formats (AKA mixed media), including context-providing media articles, emails, documentary crime specialists' CVs and the bulk of the narrative primarily in programme transcripts, this is a quirky and engaging prospect with no narrator or protagonist. It didn't take long for me to be invested in both the journey and the outcome. The pace is fast, with fascinating characters and many show transcripts ending on a cliffhanger, engineered by the manipulative and ratings-hungry, director. It's addictive reading as it all unravels, with plenty of surprises (only a couple I guessed) along with way. Ultimately its a great whodunit about a dysfunctional family and invested TV experts, but its unusual format makes it an outstanding and intense read that had me so hooked, I read it in two days. 

The first standalone crime fiction novel from the author of the Oxford-based, DI Adam Fawley series did not disappoint. My only criticism is that I wasn't able to read the ebook on my Kindle Paperwhite (because it wouldn't zoom into the smaller text in some of the different formats), but was saved by the NetGalley Shelf app, so read it on my tablet. For fans of Janice Hallett, this is an unusual, addictive and contemporary true crime fest, which I thoroughly enjoyed!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Dementia, and Pregnancy