Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Trespasser by Tana French

9 reviews

carryonkk's review

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Murder, and Stalking

dev_stark's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Stalking, and Murder

bethanycrowepowell's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Cursing

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Abandonment, Stalking, and Infidelity

Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Blood, Ableism, Mental illness, Confinement, Death of parent, and Fatphobia

Tana French gets a lot of content warnings for having foul-mouthed and non-PC characters. One major theme is a main character who has become a "knock-out" after dieting and getting a makeover--but the POV character doesn't enter into a fatphobic paradigm with that.

bei_02's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I admit, I hated the protagonist until almost the end. The plot was what kept me going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexism, Misogyny, Medical content, and Emotional abuse

mollywill's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, and Sexism

placebogirl's review

challenging dark mysterious

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Murder

ellipalmer's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Tana French definitely gets her super psychological tone right in The Trespasser. In an interview I once heard with her, she spoke about caring less about whodunnit and more about who the detective is. It's what makes her books so tense and also addictive. Being in the head of someone who's spiralling and trying to grasp onto the truth amidst a flurry of lies. The mystery gets solved, but life is never the same. I really liked this one in particular. Conway is burnt out and jaded and it was at times hard to be in the mind of someone so angry. But she was a great character. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Sexism, Racism, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

tomato_bisque's review

dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Violence

bookswithjk's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

A solid mystery that dragged somewhere in the halfway mark - there were moments where I felt like we’d been running around in circles. Conway’s extreme paranoia, however, was a little grating to read through, and it makes me wonder how she managed to stay on the Murder Squad for so long. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, and Murder