Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young

68 reviews

ettaviereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

aea_hobbit's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Domestic abuse and Alcohol

ajhowe2's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Violence

victoriakerr131's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

imds's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

heidi_grey's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

My first book by Adrienne Young and I absolutely loved it. The romance is a bit secondary but the vibes of that misty, magical island were everything. I liked following along the mystery of the murder and unravelling all the lies.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Murder

haliahli's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I was honestly bored with most of this but the last 60 pages or so had me hooked! 

The women on an island outside of Seattle have varying degrees of mostly subtle magic. It's like Twilight & Practical Magic in a PNW version of Salem focused on a murder mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Murder

serene216's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

2.0

I think there were too many characters in the story; the only people who really needed to tell the story was August and Emery. There was a murder mystery in this book but it was not enough to keep me engaged. If I hadn't been reading this for a book club I wouldn't have even finished it.
I think they could have kept the fantasy realm out of the story also as it did not have a large part to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Murder

Minor: Drug use

catorureads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

I've read a lot of Adrienne Young's work and with the majority of them, I've had a really good time. This one definitely had the autumn witchy vibes I was looking for. I've seen a few complaints that there wasn't really 'witchy' or 'magic' vibes. The magic in this book is not the kind where people wave with their wands or conjure fire out of nowhere. It's more the wicca kind of spells with herbs, the moonphases et cetera. I enjoyed the magic part but there could have been a bit more of it. 

The main story is more a mystery novel than a witchy novel. I've read most of this on the bus and while waiting for the train. It did its job of keeping me occupied and interested. I wanted to know who had done what. I don't dislike this book but with her other books, especially Fable and Namesake, I enjoyed it a lot more. I had fun with those books while this one was just good for the autumn vibes. I willl still read Adrienne Young's other works because I do really love her as an author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Pregnancy