Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Want to Know a Secret? by Freida McFadden

15 reviews

paperkindle's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

brynhayes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Dementia, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.0

A good book. Good twists and turns, some of them unexpected. Not one of my favourites by her as it didn’t grip me immediately but it was a good one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

antidietleah's review

dark mysterious 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infertility and Infidelity

jenheitland's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

greatexpectations77's review

challenging mysterious 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

3.75

I love an untrustworthy narrator, but this didn't work for me as well as it could have. I feel like the best untrustworthy narrators are ones in which you get basically the whole story but in a severely biased bent. In this book, you get the story from April for the first about half of the book, and then the narrator turns to Julia in the second half of the book. So you assume

that April is telling the whole truth initially, and then you doubt her when Julia starts talking, and it becomes clear that that is the actual truth. Which was a little disappointing because I like a little doubt.

But then you realize that

April has been leaving all kinds of events out of her story, which is just like. Oh. And you feel a little left out.

Also I really hated both narrators lol with their classist and annoying selves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

 Narrator Rating: 4.0 stars 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Dementia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Pregnancy

rsagarin's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lethridge's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

Great quick read. The twists and turns keep you guessing. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Infertility, Violence, Dementia, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship