Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Headcase by Onley James

18 reviews

demiaroace50's review against another edition

2.0

I read it because it is part of the series. 

I really despise that the author issued no content warnings when it first came out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

robotnik's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

I can't say I like this one as much as the first two books, but I did like it more than I ended up liking Moonstuck. After how antagonistic Zane was with Asa at the beginning, it felt a little too quick how fast he fell afterward and it seemed to come out of nowhere. While the others fell rather quickly too, it just didn't have the same whiplash in how they interacted at first only for the non-Mulvaney member to do a sudden 180 in how he feels. If that had been developed better, this would have been better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

violettemptr3ss's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

wii3rdo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

ASA MULVANEY MAKES ME SO FUCKING FERAL OH MY GOD 😫😫

ahem, anyway. 🙂

WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN? i’m so fucking serious when i say: every SINGLE book hits harder than the last! there’s a pattern to the flow (unraveling) of the story, but there’s certain elements about each story that make them distinctly different according to the mcs.

i love seeing how much the Mulvaney family has grown, and seeing different sides to each character whenever i read their story? 🥰 it makes them REAL instead of whatever two-dimensional view of them i had prior to their story.

Zane is such a national treasure. maybe i’m biased because he’s a journalist and journalism is my major, BUT THE WORLD MAY NEVER KNOW 😼

but let me shut up so i can get started with Avi and Felix’s story 🫡🤭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

I don’t think I can express just how much I love this series! And this book in particular was so good. I loved that while it’s very dark, it has its light and funny moments too. Asa and Zane fit so well together and I love that they were both ridiculously smitten with each other.

One of the things that I liked about this book was that it didn’t shy away from some really dark topics. Like suicide, family trauma, and mental health, to name just a few. I also loved that Asa was so caring towards Zane, especially in some very vulnerable moments. They were both such sweethearts when they were around each other. This one is getting five stars. I can’t wait to dive into Avi’s book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

skullqueen's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

4.5

How is every book in this series so perfect??? Asa and Lois are perfect! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Suicide, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Torture, Blood, and Kidnapping

pierrereads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Grief

unusablebooklore's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

3.5

Asa and Zane. Not my favourite NE book but still good. 

 

So much violence that seems overlooked…People not being startled by a rich guys bf having bruises all over his face and neck… 

 

Also, some how people are cool with essentially a celebrity investigating suicides? I imagine I would find it all kinds of weird if Matt Damon turned up on my door step asking questions about something like a friends suicide. I love temporarily pausing reality…but this was straight up fantasy. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Gaslighting

alexandryareads's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

talk_bookish_with_me's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit