Reviews tagging 'Murder'

A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo

9 reviews

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Grief, Emotional abuse, Murder, Outing, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, and Classism

thebookpirahna's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

ximradletshuggx's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit and Xenophobia

clovelatte's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Outing, and Racism

Minor: Stalking

maryjames's review

dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

cosmicsapphic's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Murder, Death, Child death, and Bullying

Moderate: Vomit and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

dark 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

When Jess’s best friend Angie gets a college-age girlfriend, she is plunged into a world of jealousy she didn’t anticipate. When a party leads to a murder investigation, she finds herself plunged into an entirely different world. The characters were well developed throughout, and anyone who loved it loves drawing and writing will likely enjoy Jess as a character. Overall, I felt like this book suddenly changed directions from being a story about jealousy, toxic relationships, and identity to being a murder mystery and I didn’t quite love the change. It was a fun read, but I wish it had been either/or, not both.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking and Vomit

Minor: Drug use

ashylibrarian's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Blood, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder

ahopper7's review

dark slow-paced

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

3.5

The book was good, but not great.
What I liked:
- Queer POC main character and other queer characters
- Comic book storyline was unique and cool
- The police transcripts were also interesting, gave the story more flavor

What I didn’t like:
- Dynamic between Angie and Jess was off for me
- The “mystery” wasn’t juicy enough, the cover fooled me, I thought this would be more dark and twisty but the story was flat IMO 
- That end plot twist made zero sense

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence