Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman

14 reviews

thefemale_nickmiller's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

You think for a documentarian she’d be better prepared for true crime

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Infertility, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

rmcassel's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Gun violence

tracytcamp's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

jamiejanae_6's review

adventurous dark sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, and Vomit

kat_rowlen's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

It was about 100 pages too long, and had some unnecessary plot lines IMO. It took it a long time to get good, but it did get good

Mark was a walking red flag and I knew he was involved pretty early on.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident

camillion08's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

3.5 stars

This one is an interesting one to rate for me. I want to say this book is not usually the type of thriller I enjoy, and I picked it up thinking it was something different than it was. That being said, it really did keep me reading, even if I kind of knew that I wasn't going to love the ending no matter what because of some of the storylines of the story, I still wanted to know the end.

I was left wanting a few more answers, there are quite a few missing pieces from the story, even when you get to the end, but overall it was still an enjoyable ride!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Death and Emotional abuse

saricostanzo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Gaslighting, Murder, Stalking, Vomit, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Death

librariangeorgia's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

I quite enjoyed this book. It's quite short, easy to read and easy to follow.

It was quite far fetched for the most part - but for me, that's what kept me interested, the need to find out what they're going to do next.

Erin was just such a questionable character who kept making bad decisions and basically asking to get murdered.

Considering how well the book started off, the ending was a real let down. I just feel like there could've been a lot more to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Murder, Death, Pregnancy, Violence, and Blood

ravenpuff's review

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Murder

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.25

To be honest, at first I could NOT get into this book, and almost DNF’d it, but my mom read it last year and encouraged me to keep going. And I’m so glad I did! This book ended up checking all the boxes for what I like in a thriller:

• a moody and atmospheric setting
• A sense of dread that keeps on building
• Plot twists that keep you guessing
• Audiobook narrated by the author

My only complaints were with the beginning and ending of the book, which both dragged on a bit and didn’t seem to fit with the rest of the mood of this book. But otherwise I would definitely recommend this one to add to your summer thriller list and I can’t wait to read more by Catherine Steadman!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Suicide, Gun violence, and Violence