Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Lakewood by Megan Giddings

15 reviews

bouebooks's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

mvrcellv's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, and Racism

cleater65's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was GRIPPING! As soon as I picked it up I couldn't put it down. It's complex in how many interwoven issues are covered, and alternates between uneasy and horrific. I am excited to read more of this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Cancer, Murder, and Terminal illness

caseythereader's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

horizonous's review

I struggled with the writing quite a bit, for some reason it felt clunky and at times so incoherent that I constantly had to re-read certain sentences or passages to understand who's talking or doing what. On top of that I was very bored by the story.. I read a couple of reviews to see, if it would pick up and based on those reviews I strongly assume this just isn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, and Vomit