Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel

7 reviews

amybartoli29's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sarahflanders's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

jennjoy's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-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: Genocide, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

katrinaburch's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

Holy moly. It's fitting that my last book of 2023 would be such a rollercoaster! Harmel does it again by taking you on a rollercoaster of emotions, from hating the main characters to crying at the end. I was about ready to knock down a star because of not giving one character their happy ending but she did. 

My only tiny, almost microscopic annoyance is that the French words aren't translated and even though, normally that would knock off a star, Harmel's masterful storytelling overrides it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Deportation

daralexandria's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Deportation

passionatereader78's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Liv has just went through a divorce and her grandmother swoops in and takes her to Paris so she can heal(at least that's what she thinks). Ines has a secret that she has been keeping for over 70 years. She wants to come clean before she dies. Kristin wrote a heartbreaking, but inspiring story about WWII in Paris. She reminds us of what war can cost a family for generations. She shows us how fear, love, heartbreak, and pain influence our decisions.  I was hoping that Ines would have meet Celine and they would discuss what happened all those years ago. What a painful masterpiece.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and War

Moderate: Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

lindsayvale's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Infertility