Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Penalty Box by Odette Stone

10 reviews

isabelvegga's review

tense 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? Yes

1.0

Not gonna lie, I forced myself to finish it.😵‍💫

I am disappointed and angry. I loved Mica in "home game" but I didn't like him at all in this book. Too much possessiveness and ‘machito alfa’ for me.

Charlie idealized things that should be completely normal in a husband and a future father💀

The last chapters seem like something out of a bad thriller movie.

In my opinion there have been several occasions where I have not felt that there was consent and it is something that I haven’t liked at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Death and Pregnancy

Minor: Murder

apolen's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Miscarriage, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Stalking, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit, Murder, Blood, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

lightlessxo's review

fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Murder

namenotimportant's review

dark emotional lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Murder

lea_talisa's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

Great book!

(the next part contains some minor spoilers)
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I always enjoy the

fake marriage/ marriage of convenience

trope, so I knew from the start I was probably going to like it.
Through a ton of misunderstandings and other incidents Charlie and Mica end up

in marriage

mainly to protect Mica‘s career. 
While sharing a home the characters get to know and finally love each other. Together they manage to get through police trials, crazy ex‘s, childhood trauma and a mysterious stalker. 
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Overall I liked the connection between Charlie and Mica, yet sometimes in the middle of the book in my opinion Mica‘s possessiveness got a bit out of hand when being intimate. But Charlie liked it so I guess that’s just my personal view. Above all they are both very protective and caring with each other no matter how hard the times are at the moment.

I also really liked Mica‘s background in Russia with his friend Andrusha and the trauma he had to live through gave the story more depth.

So far I enjoy the Vancouver Wolves series a lot and I'm excited to read the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Stalking

Moderate: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Death

Minor: Murder, Animal cruelty, and Confinement

glass_carousel's review

dark emotional funny lighthearted 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: Sexual content and Stalking

Moderate: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

Minor: Murder

finnickdeservedbetter's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Stalking, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Pregnancy, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Grief, Infidelity, and Murder

byluneth's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Blood, Murder, Death, and Alcohol

giannareadsromance's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Really cute book, kept me hooked until the last page. Loved the twist at the end! Good spice too. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Minor: Animal cruelty and Murder

peachani's review

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Murder