Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz

26 reviews

chloe_03's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Suicide

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

debbilynn42's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

maidmarianlib's review

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

Very atmospheric, cool time line that shifts back and forth and has lots of points of view, note significant content that may not be suitable for all readers 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

bookrecsplease's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this murder mystery a lot! Even though the protagonist was a suspect and not a detective, because of the unique ways in which she was invested in the murder and pursued the investigation, it felt a lot like a classic detective fiction. Plus, I loved the consulting detective so much, and despite the myriad flaws among the group of friends, I really didn’t hate any of them (except the murdered one, as to be expected haha). 

I thought I would hate the flashbacks, taking us away from the main storyline and seeing so much high school drama, but with the way that they varied in POV and were so short, it didn’t hurt the momentum of the mystery at all. 

The dramatics of the ending felt a little contrived for me, but it wasn’t terrible. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Suicide, Violence, and Deportation

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

roseannearchy's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I really enjoyed it, but the end felt a bit rushed. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Murder

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