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The Twelve Days of Murder by Andreina Cordani

8 reviews

giulimazzo's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

I loved this book! I couldn’t put it down until the last page! Full of plot twists and the final is not predictable (at least for me) 
Really a good read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence and Vomit

Minor: Child death

styxx's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Animal death and Emotional abuse

louisekr's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. Twists at every turn.
The author really knew how to twist an investigation and I definitely was blindsided until the very last phase of the book/murders
Spoilers  below:

• I can't believe Ali was there all long, hiding in the closet like a freak but dear god
• i honestly though Charley would turn out to be the killer and that it would be revealed in the epilogue but honestly not mad. Sam and Audrey made sense
• I figured out Audrey after the mentionof the drug helping autoimmunediseases and yet Sam still came as a shock
• was kind of hoping for Karl to also reappearas as a mystery mirder surprise and him and Charley wpuld run off into the sunset but it truly wpuldnt have made sense
• also we all agree Dasha killed Sam in the end, like the executioner style mention cant have been a coincidence
• also what tf happened to Kamal after sue disappeared?  She wasn't mentioned anywhere unlike Charley and Ali AKA the massacre survivors

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit

themelaniewaite's review

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

5.0

What originally drew me into this story was the 12 Days of Christmas theme; the characters in the plot are all playing roles for a fictional murder mystery, and each have a 12-Days themed name. But, of course, a real murder happens. And the bodies begin to pile up the closer the main character gets to the truth. 

Initially, I thought I’d made the mistake of picking up yet another murder mystery with a similar plot to the one I’d not long finished, but I’m so glad I didn’t listen to that original misconception. As the story grew and the plot thickened, I found myself hooked and excited to find out what happened next. The format of the book and how it was divided into parts made it feel like watching a whodunnit movie. While I was trying to solve the mystery along the way (and had thought I’d cracked it early on), I was so surprised and pleased with the ending, as well as the twists and turns throughout. 

This book absolutely deserves its high rating, and I’d recommend it to anyone that loves a Christmas time mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Blood, Car accident, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

katharina90's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

An entertaining Christmas-themed murder mystery. 

The remote snowy setting was fun. The characters were mostly unlikeable but I think that was fitting. The writing was decent. 

Listened to the audiobook which was narrated very well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Sexual assault

laurataylor's review

adventurous dark medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Death of parent

bringmybooks's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

Thank you to Edelweiss, Pegasus Books, and Simon & Schuster for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This in no way affected my review, opinions are my own.

✨ 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 ✨ B̷O̷R̷R̷O̷W̷ B̷Y̷P̷A̷S̷S̷

YOOOOOOOOOO first things first I finished this in practically one sitting - absolutely could not put it down, super atmospheric whodunnit with twisty psychological wackadoodle red herrings and you think you’ve got it figured out and you mostly do but you DON’T, okay? You don’t.

(FYI: Check the content warnings)

Loved the nods to Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None (which I read earlier this year and LOVED), loved how creepy and atmospheric it was, loved the flashbacks.

(All of that being said, there was ONE character that I didn’t really get, a bit out of place with the rest of the story, but whatever, just moving on)

Also, this one might not be everyone’s cup of tea so normally I would have chosen “borrow” rather than “bring” but THIS COVER? Yeah. It’s gotta go on the shelves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism