Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Appeal by Janice Hallett

59 reviews

hevs_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, and Sexual assault

marliesje's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

I loved this book but it also ruined my sleep schedule. Once I was halfway through with it, I could not put it down anymore.

I really enjoyed reading the story through the several emails, texts and the occasional note. It allowed me to learn a lot of different things, from several perspectives. At first it was a bit hard to keep track of everyone and who they were but I ended up memorising most of them; and there are two cheat sheets in case you forget haha

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Rape, and Suicide

rosalind's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Murder

Minor: Child death

____emily____'s review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, and Infidelity

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual assault

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I can't say too much about this book plot-wise because honestly I feel like you're better off going into it a bit blind the way that I did. However, of course, there's a synopsis available if you do wanna read it, I can't tell you what to do. I'm the boss of me, not you.

What I can tell you is that this is a murder mystery wherein you are provided texts, emails, and other bits of evidence for the case and are basically meant to solve it alongside the two young lawyers, Femi and Charlotte. I loved how this book was written *so* much. I'm nosey, so I loved the feel of reading people's emails and snooping around their shit. Plus, I really enjoyed actively trying to solve the mystery. I broke my tabs out, I got out my pen and my journal, and got to work. I simply had the best time. I can't BELIEVE that this is a debut novel. This author is a total auto-buy for me from here on out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Excrement, and Stalking

Minor: Animal death, Hate crime, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

odrib's review against another edition

challenging funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Excrement, and Colonisation

kstericker's review against another edition

challenging funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

THIS RIPS.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

mary_tamm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Child death

Minor: Addiction and Suicide

jordancarter2112's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Minor: Child death

kylieqrada's review against another edition

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

4.0

This was fun, creative, and a good time! I love a mixed media format, and I definitely would not have figured out whodunnit without help from our narrators. It did drag a bit at times, the pacing was not ideal. But I had a great time! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Rape, and Sexual assault