Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

370 reviews

katieb1034's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Homophobia

Moderate: Rape

amberinbookland's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexism, Sexual assault, Murder, Grief, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia

itschelseaw's review

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

Ted Bundy’s crimes through the eyes of a victim and survivor. The author points out early in the book, via Pamela, that too much attention has been paid to the defendant (as he’s referred to in the book) rather than the victims of his crimes. I appreciated the attempt to shed some (fictional) light on them.
The uncertainty of whether or not he would see justice, the betrayal of confidants of the survivors, the heartache and love shown by those left behind. This was a great book that dug into a lot of emotion and nuance of the minutia of people’s lives, before and after they were irrevocably altered.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Homophobia

twilightfan420's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

I listened to this as an audiobook and loved it! Especially Tina and Ruth’s stories <3 It’s rare for me to find a split POV book where I like both narrators equally, but both Ruth and Pamela had so much strength and character development in their own ways. And the lemon shark was mentioned! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Homophobia, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Body horror, Mental illness, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Dementia

emily_mae08's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Dementia, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexual violence

lartiglere's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Grief, Blood, Death, and Gore

alexrobinsonsupergenius's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Murder, and Rape

Minor: Incest

mothie_girlie's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Gaslighting

Minor: Eating disorder

delaneydunster's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

tatooinesunrise's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A testament to why these horrible little men shouldn’t be remembered, and instead we should look to the lives and futures of these women who were better than him and should never be forgotten. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Homophobia, Sexual violence, and Rape