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هشت قتل حرفه ای by Peter Swanson

24 reviews

bookwormabby54's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Car accident

blackrosemoon72's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I was going to give this a three until the last 30 minutes of the book. The reveal wasn't super surprising but I liked the wrapping up of the loose ends at the end of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide

ekmook's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

linguaphile412's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

uchihas's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.0

i honestly never expect anything from the books i'm reading, but especially when the recommendations come from tiktok. i'd heard people rave about this one and despite not expecting anything i was still disappointed. i kept waiting for something interesting to happen. the protagonist is insufferable. absolutely could not stand him. the ONLY plus sides were that the minor characters weren't too bad, and there was a cat who stays safe and sound throughout the entire novel. 2 stars for the cat. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Islamophobia, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

mothergothel78's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

notionsofdragonsfire's review against another edition

mysterious 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicide, Car accident, and Murder

sara_h's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

novi's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

3.0

I enjoyed it. It's not a fast action-packed thriller, but I'd say it's a pretty cozy read because it's set in the winter time, there are a lot of talks about mystery books in it, it's also set in a book store, and it's not very suspenseful. I never really felt that the stakes were high, even after we know the villain. So yes for me it's a bit anti-climatic, but it makes a pretty cozy read (and I already watched a review that said that the villain wouldn't be satisfying, so my hopes were not high). I recommend this for mystery book lovers just for all the books discussions and homages in this book.

But let me rant a bit here:

I already guessed the killer before it was revealed because even after 70% of the book, there is still no other character introduced. There is no way the killer would be someone that wasn't introduced to the readers. There's Tessa, but she's too unlikely. Gwen was already so weird since the beginning but she's also very unlikely. And our main character was already quite sinister so I wasn't surprised when he revealed that he also killed his wife. And I didn't even care about his wife!! So when he revealed that, as if he was hoping he'd be seen as the supervillain, I was just like, "okay..."

I think it's worth repeating that this book spoils the plot of many mystery/thriller books, beside the "eight perfect murders", there were also other books that were spoiled here, so make sure to do some googling about it if you don't wanna get spoiled. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Fire/Fire injury