Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

28 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

    The book was enjoyable, however, I enjoyed the flashbacks/diary entries more than the present-day portions of the book. I felt like the things that happened in the 1960s were more interesting and easier to get into than what was otherwise happening.

     Frances was much more interesting than Annie who was a bit boring, and whose story you didn't get into as much. I hope in future books we learn more about Annie and I start to care more about her & her character. Laura, Annie's mom just seemed awful for most of the book. 

    The characters were a mix of likable and unlikable. Not just the villains were unlikable, it was more like a 30/70 split of likable and unlikable for me. 

   I wasn't able to easily figure out the mystery. I do look forward to the next book.

Narrators' Rating: 4 stars

    I'd give Annie's narrator about 2.75 stars and Frances' narrator a 4-star rating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, and Dementia

squintyfarmer's review

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infertility, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol

erinjeanette's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Classism

leonorb's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

katy_heath's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

It was a fine story but parts of it dragged along. I found the main character a bit dense at times and the choice by authors to make their main characters struggling (or starting out) writers comes across to me as tacky.

On the other hand there were some compelling parts, and it was nice to see older characters as romantic interests rather than everybody being 19. It was also good to include anxiety not necessarily as a plot device, at least not as a negative one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Drug use and Panic attacks/disorders

sea_tea_books's review against another edition

mysterious

5.0

More! I want more! So fun to feel like I was solving a cozy mystery alongside the protagonist, Annie. Each new clue Annie discovered made me rethink suspects and motives. 

5 ⭐

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy

aarustin's review

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Drug use

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

sabrinaleaf's review against another edition

mysterious 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? No

4.5

I don’t think there was that much investigating in this book. And yet I still felt myself enthralled seeing the mystery unravel, I love family secrets mystery novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

teetasse's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, and Gaslighting