Reviews tagging 'Grief'

My Murder by Katie Williams

15 reviews

traciereads's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Death

Minor: Cursing, Grief, and Stalking

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

mysterious 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

2.0

cool concept but such a huge let down with the reveal!!! Ugh. I really wish it had a better ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

postpartum depression

vj_thompson's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious relaxing slow-paced

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

4.0

A story about murder but becomes something else entirely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Stalking and Pregnancy

erkoning's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a very thought provoking book, and I would highly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

alyssa2012's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.75

Very good book. Moved fast but not too fast. Kept you entertained.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Contains the following tropes: Unreliable narrator, shared trauma, whodunit, slight government conspiracy, dark secret, maybe artificial intelligence and alternate universe.

dmalexander's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Death and Grief

vagaybond's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

(Major spoilers, entire suspense level spoilers.)

The protagonist turns out to have not really died, and meets the alternate version of herself. This might be a bit too much unreality for some. The other version of herself who she found had ran away to abandon her family on an impulse because of postpartum depression. There are also significant parts of the story where it is suspected that the protagonist's husband had murdered her. There are graphic descriptions of the different possibilities that the protagonist envisions.

There is also a scene with a break-in, and a probably traumatized teenager as the witness who is

coached into lying about what happened

. Postpartum depression, early motherhood (and guilt relating to not being a good enough mother), some weird corporate PR exploitation, murder and descriptions of that, among other things, are all major themes in the story.

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail