Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Perfect Escape by Leah Konen

6 reviews

jasm6457's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.5


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julienicole1106's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0


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cheyrohm's review

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dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.5

This was a perfect airplane read. Fast-paced and hooks you in early with its story. The ending is pretty cliche, which is the only place it lost stars for me.

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kaylasbookgram's review

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mysterious slow-paced

3.0

Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin Group Putnam for the opportunity to read the advanced readers copy in exchange for my honest review. 

This book had so many twist and turns and a surprise ending that normally automatically makes me love thrillers. But this book just fell short for me. It just kinda dragged on for me with a lot of repeating the same information multiple times which was a bit much in my book. The characters weren’t really all that likable with each one having multiple faults and secrets to figure out as the book went one. 

Overall I gave this book 3 stars for I liked it. I would recommend this for a reader who is just starting with the thriller genre as an ease into the genre. 

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amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

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

2.5


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rae_bookmarkchronicles's review

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dark mysterious sad medium-paced

2.5

Unfortunately this book just wasn't for me but I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys mystery/thriller with a lot of plot twists!

I struggled with two things here: the characters and sometimes the writing.

I disliked all of the characters expect for maybe two. Reading Sam's pov was annoying and I could not root for her because of her actions and the way she kept trying to place blame and accountability elsewhere.

The author does a really good job with foreshadowing. We as the reader reach certain conclusions at the same time as the characters which is nice. However, when you've made the realization and it still takes another page or so to confirm it it was annoying because there was always an extra build up to whatever was being revealed that wasn't needed. 

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