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Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz

18 reviews

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

bookb1itch's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

a great book for readers of "A Good girl's guide to murder", with many of the same falgs.  Not for our youngest HS readers (?). i really enjoyed the tension and the final resolution of this quirky mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Drug use

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Classism

julienicole1106's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Deportation

burnourhistory's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Suicide and Deportation

ashylibrarian's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.0

One of Us is Lying meets Agatha Christie in this graduation celebration murder mystery. 

There is a LOT of drama packed into this book, making it fun to put pieces of the puzzle together to try and guess the killer. There are obvious characters who didn't do it, but there is also a big muddle puddle of characters who could have definitely done it. 

I do wish the ending was a bit longer to share more of what happened "after." However, as far as YA mysteries go, I think the ending is pretty on par with most books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use and Suicide

Minor: Deportation

adult/minor relationship

starrygoldeneyes's review

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Deportation

xlaurareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

this one was a nice murder mystery story with a great plot and lots of suspects who all had quite a motive, which made it fairly difficult to point out the real murderer in the beginning. however, i found it pretty obvious after some time (not 100% sure but very likely to be the person i thought it'd be and it turned out to be the right guess). i liked the setting of the story a lot but sometimes got a bit confused by the different timelines as they jumped from "2 weeks ago" to "3 months ago" and so on. the characters also seemed pretty shallow except for izzy and we didn't get to know too much about them and i felt it pretty hard to imagine how they looked like because there never was a proper description to each of them. moreover, i think the book misses an epilogue where we can see how izzy moves on with life after everything. nonetheless, it was a nice read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

leelaamanda's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug use, Suicide, Blood, Abandonment, and Deportation

booksanddragons's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Alcohol

aseel_reads's review

lighthearted mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.0

I definitely did not suspect the twist at the end but it felt like it took forever to get there and all the flashbacks didn't really add much to the mystery 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation