Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths

5 reviews

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

This was an easy little listen. I wasn't tremendously sucked in, and I think I found some of the characters similar, so I got confused who was who sometimes. I would read another one of these for a little relaxation. It is another trauma-from-WWII story.  I would try the author again in another series, I think.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

gemin1reader's review against another edition

dark mysterious

4.0

I found the first half of this really slow, and might have DNF if I wasn’t trying to read it for my alphabet challenge! However it really picked up towards the end, I had half figured out the mystery but it was a cleverly created plot and a brilliant final reveal. 

It’s set in the 1950s so the characters are very ‘of the time’ but I could have done with some better female rep. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Alcohol

antoniav's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexism

ruthmoog's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

The mystery is interesting at the beginning of the book, but the reveal is underwhelming. The ending is a bit flat 🤷

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

brittanyw98's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror and Death