Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

9 reviews

stefpntny's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Pedophilia

Minor: Car accident, Excrement, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A wild cat & mouse story. Loved the multiple POVs and nods to Agatha Christie along with other famous mystery writers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

kirahaycock21's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.75

I almost DNF’d this book. I got bored about halfway through the book. I didn’t really find it compelling or interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Death of parent

Moderate: Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Alcohol, Addiction, and Cursing

kimberlyswalters's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Murder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content and Stalking

mizdimplesx's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This whole book is a wild ride from beginning to end. The dialogue was a little clunky but the twists were things I never saw coming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Blood, Stalking, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Animal death, Excrement, and Child abuse

noceur's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

this book had so much potential but unfortunately it was kinda a let down. the concept was interesting and in the beginning things were quiet well but in the middle of the book something happened and i kinda lost interest. i didn't excepted that to happen at all but the i guessed the second plot twist(!) . overall it was an okay book but it could have ended better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Pedophilia

Minor: Car accident

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

This is everyone's favorite Peter Swanson book. Since it's my third book by the author and the other ones didn't impress me that much, I had high hopes. But I guess Peter Swanson is just not for me. 
I was surprised by one twist halfway through the book, didn't see that one coming at all. Two other twists were nicely done. But the rest? Very predictable, and therefore not very exciting. 
I think my main issue was that I didn't care for the characters that much, especially Ted. His story line was way too boring, and it was hard for me to root for him. But it's not a bad book, and definitely not the worst one I read by this author. It just wasn't as good as people made me believe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Car accident

savannalorena5517's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Sooooo fast paced, a great read to get you out of a reading slump! My number one qualm and why it didn’t get 5 stars is the way one of the women is written, but since this book is by a man it’s kinda par for the course. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual assault

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed this book, finished it in one day. I always love murderer POVs in books, and this one was knocked out of the park. I did notice that the author tends to be very objectifying towards women in a way they are not towards men. I don't think describing someone's body is bad in any way, but it really came across like the author thinks the size of all the women's boobs is a detail as important as their personality. But also in general, every female character with a name was described as "the most beautiful woman in the room" or "she looks like a model" and it just got really tiring cause some of us are fucking ugly, Peter, you don't have to remind us. One last thing is that Lily was written a bit like "not like the other girls" unironically, as a way to excuse her behaviour and also men's attraction to her. Just kinda felt icky to read at times. Other than these things, the book was great. The plot twists just kept coming and I actually found myself rooting for Lily, but also for Miranda and I felt their loses like they were my own. I would recommend this to people who enjoy a good murder. I know I do!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Sexism, and Confinement