Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Murder Road by Simone St. James

15 reviews

grayshuff's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, War, Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Racism, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

annamorgan27's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Cursing, Death, and Domestic abuse

audreylee's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

The atmosphere was prime. Creepy and intense. Most of the characters felt true; however, one central character felt inconsistent. There were many various threads in this story and a few too many unanswered questions but it was still an excellent read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse

queergoth_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? Yes

3.25

I had hoped I'd like this book more than I did. It was a nice easy read and sounds like it would be a perfect book for me but it missed the mark a bit. I found some of the writing a bit clunky and repetitive at times and I didn't really vibe with the characters much. I wasn't massively invested in them. Also the reveal at the end was ultimately kind of disappointing and could have been fleshed out a bit more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness

michelle_mightbereading's review

funny mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Minor: War

shesflippinpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Kidnapping, Violence, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Stalking

chloebear21's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse

bookishchaos's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It was entertaining for awhile, but I would've liked if the supernatural aspects was more of a side plot, I'm not super into paranormal thrillers but I was enjoying this until like 70%, by that point I was kinda over it. It was getting repetitive and very far fetched. Of course I don't read thrillers expecting them to be realistic, but the main characters made a lot of choices in this book that makes you think "that's pretty dumb, who would do that?" 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Domestic abuse and War

author2223's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racism

shawniejo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Gore, Death of parent, Mental illness, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Car accident, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship