Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Still Life by Louise Penny

10 reviews

kajamae's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

At times a bit predictable but overall very enjoyable! Love the Three Pines introduction and getting to learn more about the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Homophobia

luananki's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

solide vier sterne. comfort krimi, wenn man das so sagen kann, will auf jeden fall den zweiten band lesen

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Fatphobia

tymtoread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I'm not a big mystery reader but I had fun with this one. I read it in audiobook format while I was doing other things a lot - very low commitment for me but I enjoyed that. It was good, and the ending took me by surprise but I suspect people more acquainted with mysteries would've had it wrapped. 

I also loved how casually funny it was. The bear grease thing really had me going for a minute. 

Also, Nicole was the most infuriating side character on the planet. The way Gamache kept trying to check her attitude and she kept thinking she was God's gift to the investigation was sending me over the edge. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

beccah42's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Violence

Moderate: Murder

shelfofunread's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

franklola's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

littlefoot1919's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

4.0

2019:  Found a "new" series for me to read!

2022:  Came back to this again after the reading the first nine in the series.   It's just as good as the first time and so fun to see details I didn't know the first time through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

meganpbennett's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I reread Still Life this year and it holds up. It's a very good cozy mystery set in Three Pines, Quebec, where a local woman has been murdered. On a reread, knowing who the killer was made me look for the clues about them, and it was still a surprise

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Ableism, Death, Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Murder

kipress's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• 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: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Violence