Can You Guess the Murder Mystery Based on Its 1-Star Reviews?

Readers love a very good homicide thriller…till they don’t. For each lauded novel that wins the hearts of tens of millions, there are a handful of readers who simply couldn’t stand it. I’ve compiled a few of the finest dangerous opinions of your favourite thrillers and cozies beneath. Can you guess the homicide thriller, based mostly on its 1-star opinions?

We’ve all learn that e book. You know the one. Everyone else appeared to adore it, however you simply couldn’t perceive the hype. Maybe you didn’t vibe with the author’s model. It occurs. Sometimes a e book simply doesn’t seize you, and that’s OK!

Writing a 1-star overview for a e book you intensely disliked — or DNF’d — is OK too. I personally love studying eviscerations of books, films, video video games…you identify it. A considerate dangerous overview can reveal a brand new perspective on a bit of media I loved.

Of course, plenty of dangerous opinions don’t try this. Instead, they take subject with the author’s choice to incorporate LGBTQIA+ characters, discuss race, or deal with misogyny. They get offended at the use of phrases they don’t perceive, or characters who communicate “improperly.”

It’s this latter form of overview — largely — that I’ve targeted on right here. They’re a bit infuriating, however they positively preserve this little sport attention-grabbing. Without additional ado, it’s time to see when you can guess the homicide thriller based mostly on its 1-star opinions.

Can You Guess the Murder Mystery Based on Its 1-Star Reviews?

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“It seems more geared to 5th grade mystery readers [sic]. I found the simplicity of the characters and the predictable plot very elementary.”

“I could not finish reading this book. After a few pages, language used showed casual racism….I question our perpetually using sources like this to inspire our thoughts and stories moving forward.”

“It disgusts me that the pinheads who demand ‘political correctness’ have tampered with this classic. Yes, I know that the original was even more politically incorrect and was changed by the author. This was not sanctioned by the author, but by clowns…. [D]on’t put a diaper on Michelangelo’s ‘David’ and tell me it’s for my own good.”

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“[I]t’s a 1st person rant, told in the voice of thoroughly unpleasant young woman who comes off as so unlikable that the only thing worse than having to read her mean-girl takes on everything and everyone would be to find yourself in real life stuck next to her on a long bus ride. [sic]”

“The pornographic language added nothing to the plot and got more annoying as the book went on….By almost mid book I couldn’t determine whether there had really been a murder, didn’t like [REDACTED] at all, and decided to give up.”

“If this is how she speaks I would say she needs to increase her vocabulary and stop cussing. It shows lack of intelligents [sic].”

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“This sloppy writing (and editing) includes everything from fragmented (in many cases, severely fragmented) sentences, to dangling prepositions, to diction problems (e.g., misusing words as verbs or adjectives when they are not — not even in the Oxford dictionary — and I checked!), to straight-up grammatical errors….[B]y the time I finished, the margins of this book were bleeding red from my proofreading marks far worse than the author’s victim at the end of the story.”

“In the end I thought this a pretty trashy book. Too much unnecessary sadism.”

“I mean, if you’re going to wait 10 years to avenge your brother’s death, wouldn’t a gun be more effective?”

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“My biggest complaint about this book is the main character…. There is so much self doubt and second guessing going on in this character’s head that we get only occasional mentions of the crimes [he] is ostensibly investigating. If I were one of the fictional victims I’d feel neglected. [sic]”

“The entire first two chapters are so completely filled with writing about race that I couldn’t even get into the story. I have been an East Texan my entire life… and I’m sorry but life just isn’t that way where I live as a so called ‘cracker’ [sic].”

“Soap opera in a book.”

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“This is a rather boring rehash of yet another way that [REDACTED] departs this earthly realm. LIke many villains, he is, unfortunately, more interesting than the people he comes in contact with. The solution to the his death is far-fetched. [sic]”

“Making the [REDACTED] son out to be on the spectrum was…a turn off.”

“Not a very compelling story but also includes the mention a gay relationship [sic]. Why? Very disappointed I spent money on this book.”

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“Unfortunately if you are an avid mystery reader this book will not satisfy. Very predictable from the beginning. However, if you enjoy reading teen girls complain about boys this book is perfect….This book would be best for middle schoolers.”

“This book is mentally unhealthy to anyone with a non-corrupt brain. It has things that no one should read, and if anyone it shouldn’t kids/teens. [sic] This should be an adult book. The plot isn’t too bad but details are extremely disturbing. I suggest you don’t get this book if you care about your brain.”

“If you want your teen reading about ‘dicks’, sex, alcohol abuse and a weird dare game then maybe you won’t think this book is as horrible as I did [sic].”

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“This is probably the weirdest book I have read in a long long time. Since I don’t care for science fiction, dark fairy tales, and the like, I was thoroughly disguested [sic] with myself for spending the time to read [it] in its entirety.”

“I do not and cannot believe anyone who says they understood or enjoyed this book. The author refuses to lay any foundation, the sentence structures are impenetrable at times, and the story barely exists under the completely unintelligible rule set that this society follows. This is a book that has lived and thrived on unearned hype from pretentious critics and readers too embarrassed to say they don’t understand it. I’m angry at the author for having written this book, but I am irate with the people who said it was worth reading.”

“Well if you’re feeling nostalgic for the good old days of those happy Cold War years and long for a divided Berlin, then you might take heart in this novel. Otherwise steer clear of this mess where the object is to beat around the bush plot-wise for as long as possible. The cool kids might like this writer, but that’s only cuz they’ve been told he is cool to like. [sic]”

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“Having read several of her books, I was disappointed to find out she’s anti-Christ, uses language that isnt necessary, and seems to write a lot about things that dont matter. Im more into quality than quantity. [sic]”

“The language is downright filthy, and some of the scenes in the book are just plain out pornographic. Maybe I’m just the only one left with any standards, but it doesn’t matter how good the story is, there is no reason for it to be slutty, smutty, and provocative.”

“Very low class and way to trusting for someone who is a private detective and a former cop….She hates dogs and kids and men, which is why she is divorced twice and she even sucks at her job. I think this was supposed to be a strong female lead but I don’t see it. I weep for the children who would follow after this role model. [sic]”

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“[W]e just get vague possibilities arise and a lot of backstory [sic]. And we’re not sure why we care. A woman died. Happens all the time in New York. He saw her a few weeks prior to her death. OK, so what? She has a weird family. Don’t we all? Why care to follow up??!”

“It reads like a bad video game that is only concerned with getting you to the next puzzle to solve or situation in which to involve new characters. Maybe that was the intent. But if it was, it was annoying and seemed like something an author would use in a YA novel.”

“Italics. Everywhere. Everything needs an italics [sic]. It’s inexplicable. It’s bizarre….Much-loathed example: at one point the author feels the need to italicize the words *cloud pajamas.* If the narrative were voicing this in a sarcastic way it might make sense, but there’s a dreadfully earnest undertone to all these italics — like the fact that after having once italicized *cloud pajamas*, [the author] has to dive in and do it *all over again* less than a paragraph later. You don’t deserve regular cloud pajamas, reader. You deserve *cloud pajamas.*”

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“The tone, above all else, is its downfall. It is shrill, didactic, and hateful, with every female character hating every man in sight, and every ‘decent’ man hating himself. It’s the kind of hate screed that bores and infuriates at the same time, unless of course the reader shares the author’s bigotry.”

“If you like to read graphic images of people mutilating other people while they are alive and bound, then this is a good choice.”

“The TV show is better.”