Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Address by Fiona Davis

8 reviews

vannahcabana's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Another good book in Fiona Davis’ library of books! This is historical fiction from the mid-1880s and the mid-1980s. It takes place at a new building in NYC. While it was a little easy to predict what happened, there were a couple plot twists towards the end that I did not see coming. Overall I enjoyed this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lwelch94's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Physical abuse and Blood

Minor: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

eorban's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Murder

bookinthebath's review

emotional mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Mental illness

Moderate: Murder

le3713's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.5

A page turner, but not my favorite from Davis. I felt less connected with the characters and the outcome of the story set in the 1980s and it thus didn't balance the sadness of the earlier timeline for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Death of parent

nerdglasses08's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Car accident, and Abortion

angelaf's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

 The Address traces two mirrored, intertwining timelines of families living in The Dakota. While the architectural history satisfies, the plot makes several far-fetched leaps. I think the book would have been stronger if it focused on actual inhabitants of the building, instead of purely fictional characters. I do prefer more history than fiction in my historical fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Murder

birdbrainbooks's review against another edition

lighthearted sad slow-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

I’ve long eyed Fiona Davis books and wondered if I would like them. This one was very enjoyable! It helped that the setting is particularly relevant for me—I live down the block from The Dakota, the legendary NYC apartment building in which the book takes place.
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There are two storylines, alternating between 1885 and 1985. At first it took a while for me to get into the rhythm but I did enjoy how they both eventually came together and shed light on each other.
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I absolutely loved the main character of the earlier timeline, Sara. The character of Theo felt a bit one-dimensional for me for a while and although that slightly improves, it isn’t done quite to the extent I wanted. I liked the female friendships and relationships throughout, especially the unexpected ones. Sometimes the plot was a bit of a stretch or melodramatic, but overall it was a fun read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Blood