Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Alguien tiene un secreto, by Karen M. McManus

18 reviews

at806's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Bullying, Car accident, Murder, Infidelity, Stalking, and Violence

ellereadsalot's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.0

This  novel is an extremely light murder mystery. You can skim whole chapters and still understand what's happening. Two of the twists were pretty dumb, but the last one (on the last page) was chilling and it made me wish that that had been the focus off the novel. Or at least part of the main plot. 

The story is told from the prospective of two characters, which was refreshing because so many books these days include way too many points of view. I prefer books from one person's perspective, but two were okay.

I'd say that this is the okay-est book I read this year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Car accident, Confinement, Grief, Child abuse, Child death, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

richietoz_bestie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Blood, Pedophilia, Injury/injury detail, Gaslighting, Death, Cursing, Murder, Grief, Bullying, and Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

slythjetta's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Ugggggghhhh, the end was so fucked up🤢🤮 def a great read in time for the spooky month with a ton of suspense🤍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Car accident, Alcohol, Body horror, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Stalking, Vomit, and Sexism

veronica_angel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Car accident, Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Drug use, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Stalking

mvrttl's review

so boring. se siente como esos libros pretensiosos de wattpad. los personajes no tienen ni una gracia, y cuando piensas que se va a poner bueno, no lo hace 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Toxic relationship

hdecker's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content and Biphobia

familiar_diversions's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Death

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

melplays9000's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious medium-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

This book was so much fun. Yeah it’s not particularly thrilling or mysterious but if you go in expecting that it’s actually a really nice high school contemporary story with an interesting twist. I loved the main character of Ellery. Her family was complex and the fact that she was new to the town and had an interest in true crime meant she had a fresh perspective and was the perfect person to tell the bulk of the story through. My favorite character though was Malcom. He was so sweet and I just want to be his friend he deserves to be happy and a life so much better than he got! Also Ryan was amazing I just loved the whole cast, they really made this book for me. 

I am myself a YA and honestly not super perceptive but even to me the twists in this were not done particularly well. Whenever a reveal was about to come it would be so over explained that I knew exactly what it was before it was explicitly said and I found myself just getting frustrated that the characters weren’t saying it.

Spoiler

I also hated that the characters were so incompetent that not only didn’t  help solve the crime but also got themselves in trouble with their crime solving and then couldn’t save their own asses. Just seemed like if the police were just gonna save the day, maybe it should have been told from Ryan’s point of view.

 

Overall a good book, this review is too long. I had a good time 4 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Addiction, and Death

Minor: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Gun violence

thenonmouse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Addiction, Gaslighting, and Infidelity