Reviews tagging 'Death'

Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

9 reviews

jpalba's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Sexual assault, and Child death

jenn_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

phantomgecko's review

dark mysterious 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

3.0

A mystery, I guess, but it's really about people. How do horrible things affect them?

Good use of braiding narratives though. Love when things are interconnected like this.

Also, a number of things/references that I didn't understand totally. British things, mostly political, some cultural. I don't think it greatly affected my understanding of the entire book, though.

Interesting read, but I didn't love it. The characters, while intriguing, weren't loveable to me. And I spent a good deal of time being anxious/depressed over crimes against children.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Rape, Infidelity, Murder, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Sexual content, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Classism, Death, and Stalking

alittlebitofjessica's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely loved this book! Found the writing style very easy to read and was hooked from the first chapter. Loved how it jumped around with the three cold cases and current day, also thought that Jackson Brodie was a fantastic protagonist. I’ll look forward to reading the next books in this series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Stalking

julziez's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-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

Graphic: Violence, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, and Incest

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Classism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Stalking

uranaishi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Car accident, Infidelity, Rape, Violence, Classism, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Infertility, War, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Blood, Body shaming, Biphobia, Fatphobia, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, and Gun violence

_lia_reads_'s review

dark mysterious sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Infidelity

gabriella's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

I was mildly disappointed that the attacks aimed at Jackson were completely unrelated to any of the murders. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Incest, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Medical content

starsnotshadows's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I did not like many of the characters for most of the book, but towards the end became much more sympathetic to them. The cases were very compelling, and I did want to keep reading to find how everything worked together. Some of it was satisfying, and some of it was disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death and Rape

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts