Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Favor by Nicci French

4 reviews

bringmybooks's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Bring | ✨Borrow✨ | Bypass

Review: Honestly, this was way more of a character driven mystery than a thriller, and the main character is often ridiculous - but the writing & atmosphere of the book kept me intrigued throughout and I found it hard to put it down! Probably not her best work, but worth a library borrow!
 

Overall Rating: ★★★ / 3.38 
 
Rating each element of the book out of 5★ 
Characters ★★★ 
Atmosphere ★★★★ 
Writing ★★★ 
Plot ★★★ 
Intrigue ★★★★ 
Logic ★★ 
Enjoyment ★★ 
Pacing ★★★ 
Dialogue ★★★ 

★ did not like / ★★ it was okay / ★★★ liked it / ★★★★ really liked it / ★★★★★ loved it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

dorsetreader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

frantically's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

What a great read! The writing style really stood out to me — I don't know how to describe, it was really simple but that just made the plot seem that much more eerie! 

I didn't really see the killer coming (I had my sights set on someone else) but the conclusion still made sense and everything was wrapped up really nicely while still leaving us with some creepy open ends 👀

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Minor: Medical content

kazofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I read this book as an ARC from NetGalley and give this review freely and uninfluenced. 

This book starts out slowly, and with each new development you can’t help wonder if the characters we’re wearing rose-tinted glasses. Jude, our narrator and main character, is someone who should know better than to make decisions without thinking first leads us on a journey of confusion, loss, heartbreak and suspense all for a Simple Favour that even she didn’t know the truth about. 

Young love makes you stupid. That’s all that can explain Jude’s actions as she comes to an unexpected conclusion that her once childhood sweetheart was stolen from them for a twisted reason by the last person she expected 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Grief, Domestic abuse, Classism, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Death, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Pregnancy