Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

46 reviews

jenxreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

theonlybaillie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

The pacing was so off on this one for me. I was bored the entire book and then drawn in the last 50 or so pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy

nickoliver's review against another edition

mysterious 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

3.5

This wasn't very original, most things were very easily predictable - though admittedly, the very last chapter did take me a bit by surprise, and it did add a bit of a dark, tragic twist. Also, it was very fast-paced, and once I really sat down to read, the pages flew quickly. I just wished the loose ends hadn't stayed so loose; I felt like there were certain plot points that alluded to things that never actually ended up happening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide and Violence

Minor: Cancer and Miscarriage

jpellwood's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Terminal illness

ohennui's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, and Pregnancy

christyparker98's review against another edition

lighthearted tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

2.5 stars. This would of been WAY better if it weren’t for the flashback chapters because I could care less about them. I liked the present story a lot. I honestly thought Emily was going to kill Chess towards the end. I didn’t see Matt “drowning”. Very good thriller for the present parts.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

tamara_joy's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Vomit, and Classism

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

nailartklaudia's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Pregnancy

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I have mixed feelings about the book. I did like some of the twists and turns, but I wish there had been a chronic illness rep that wasn't

psychosomatic. I also preferred the ending that Mary wrote to

  what the conclusion actually was. Overall it kept me interested but it was disappointing in the end. And a bit predictable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, and Murder