Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Le réveil by L.J. Smith

6 reviews

ellielep'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

3.5

This was a good book to get me back into reading fiction after finishing my degree, but it’s no masterpiece. I read it as the tv show is one of my all time favourites but this book rather pails in comparison. Still, it was a quick and entertaining read, just don’t go into it with high expectations!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Violence, and Death of parent

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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: Animal death, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

bitterseason's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Stalking

Minor: Physical abuse, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

samflowerv6's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

It was entertaining but at the same time a little too slow for my taste. Elena isn’t a very interesting character yet and I feel no emotional connections to any characters. Nothing really happened. I thought there would be more fantastical fun

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

jiyajiyajiya's review against another edition

lighthearted

• 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

this era of ya is very nostalgic to me, but objectively speaking this isn't very good lol it's a good thing i read this first in 2008

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Murder

standard misogynistic female relationships and kinda rape-y romanticized moments that plagued pop culture from the 1990s to the 2000s (not that it no longer exists)

brookey8888's review against another edition

mysterious 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

So this was just not good lol. First Elena Is so annoying and self centered. She’s not like other girls she’s better 🙄. She literally thinks every boy is In love with her. She’s also a terrible friend. Also Stefan had no and I mean not an ounce of personality so I don’t know why everyone wanted him. Also the show is so much better because they honestly changed everything. I wouldn’t really recommend unless you want to see the differences between the show and book or you just love the show. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder