Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman

16 reviews

mayameow's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

A very fun book that goes into the details of someone’s entrée into the underground world of deception — similar to parts of Gone Girl in that respect. There are some dark emotional themes but overall book has a relatively fun and light feeling, considering the topics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pregnancy

braedenjed's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

thefemale_nickmiller's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

You think for a documentarian she’d be better prepared for true crime

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

rmcassel's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Blood

tracytcamp's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

It was about 100 pages too long, and had some unnecessary plot lines IMO. It took it a long time to get good, but it did get good

Mark was a walking red flag and I knew he was involved pretty early on.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Car accident

camillion08's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

3.5 stars

This one is an interesting one to rate for me. I want to say this book is not usually the type of thriller I enjoy, and I picked it up thinking it was something different than it was. That being said, it really did keep me reading, even if I kind of knew that I wasn't going to love the ending no matter what because of some of the storylines of the story, I still wanted to know the end.

I was left wanting a few more answers, there are quite a few missing pieces from the story, even when you get to the end, but overall it was still an enjoyable ride!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Death and Emotional abuse

saricostanzo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

librariangeorgia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.0

I quite enjoyed this book. It's quite short, easy to read and easy to follow.

It was quite far fetched for the most part - but for me, that's what kept me interested, the need to find out what they're going to do next.

Erin was just such a questionable character who kept making bad decisions and basically asking to get murdered.

Considering how well the book started off, the ending was a real let down. I just feel like there could've been a lot more to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting