Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Someone Is Always Watching by Kelley Armstrong

14 reviews

jesikakaley's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Gaslighting

Minor: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

claire_reads5's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual assault

immcelyea's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

brandilovesbooks's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Someone is Always Watching was a thrilling read.  Blithe's friend starts freaking out about cameras and people watching her.  Something happens, but Blithe only knows she got a concussion from hitting her head on a sink in the bathroom.  Odd delusions start to plague her, although she writes them off as a concussion symptom.

She receives an anonymous email telling her that someone she knows is a murderer.

Suddenly, Blithe has more questions than answers.  She  and her friends are on a mission to get their answers.

But they aren't prepared for what they are about to learn.

A thriller and a mystery.  Worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

caffeineandcatnapsreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

someone Is Always Watching, by Kelley Armstrong. 
3/5⭐️⭐️⭐️ 


TRIGGER WARNINGS-
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Death, kidnapping, abuse, murder, sexual assault

One day out of the blue Gabrielle has a mental brake down at school that causes her group of friends to start questioning what the real cause of her brake down was. Slowly things start to unravel and they all realize that their lives are not entirely what they seem, or rather what they were told, well more remember. 

Really good start that sucked you in, the middle started to fall flat and was a bit confusing-but I think that was more me as my interest was waning and it's where I kind of began to lose interest, and then the ending was anti-climatic and tied up too nicely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Murder

kassidyreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use, Suicide, and Death of parent

TW: forced captivity

bellebookcorner's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

Another book I feel conflicted about, it has a very interesting plot and the concept is very unique and complex. The mystery really caught my attention and I was determined to read until the end to find out what happen. 

 

However, I was left confused about some things regarding the memories. It took me a while to understand it. I also felt some parts feels dragging especially in the middle part of the story. 

 

I really like getting to know the characters and the secret pasts each of them has. Some of them really caught me by surprise and made a good plot twist. Although, I wish there’s more depth to the side characters as well. 

 

I don’t know if this is going to be a series or remain a standalone, if it is a standalone then the ending doesn’t feel very satisfying cause it left with some unanswered questions that I wish were resolved at the end of it. 

 

Overall, it’s still a pretty good story. A dash of romance, strong friendship and unexpected twists makes this book quite enjoyable to read. 

 

⚠️ 𝐓𝐖: Death, murder, sexual assault, mention of suicide, fire injury, suicide attempt and child death. 

 

I received an advanced review copy for free through Netgalley, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Huge thank you to the author and publisher!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Child death, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

jenn_m_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

 I love reading Kelley Armstrong. And I was very excited to get a ARC digital copy from NetGalley! 

This book was a fun easy read. I like the general idea of the book but I am going to be honest after about 3 quarters of the book I was ready for it to end.  There are just some issues in the book that are so unbelievable to me that made me question what the heck I was reading from time to time. Having said that I did like reading this book and the end wrapped up nicely. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder