Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

33 reviews

alanna23's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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: Death, Murder, Bullying, and Body shaming

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Grief, and Infidelity

mmadill227's review

mysterious fast-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: Murder, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

jg34's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Murder

tbrxinfinity's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Murder, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Alcohol

bahnsar's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Murder, and Death

Minor: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Suicide

siobhanward's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

 So this book went in a totally different direction than j thought it would... It definitely wasn’t what I expected after reading the description, but I enjoyed it. Daphne was a decent character, but like lots of books, I would have enjoyed spending more time with other characters besides her. I also think the book just kind of ended without really tying up all the loose ends? I wish we had gotten more of an extended ending where we could have found out more about what happened and how things wound up for the other characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Murder

elle_laine's review

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Body shaming

Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, and Bullying

jamiejanae_6's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, Classism, Death, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

kinga1204's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Death and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

thereaderfriend's review

mysterious 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? Yes

2.0

I went into this not knowing anything about it for plus size readathon and lesson learned: don't read a book if you're not feeling it. I kinda hate read this around about the last third. 

First half was going good. Thought it was chick-lit, then the second half transitioned to a goofy, Scooby-Doo like mystery. Tons of amateur sleuthing. FMC trusting this man she randomly runs into who is a suspect. And there's insta love between them. Did not like that and many things about the FMC decisions. 

The FMC handled many situations wrong and weird. Namely the end. How can you dismiss that character and with "We're all people" ?? No. Wtf? A lot of moments I was asking wtf.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Fatphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol