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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2664 KP) rated A Taste for Murder in Books

Aug 5, 2026  
A Taste for Murder
A Taste for Murder
Matt Baker | 2026 | Mystery
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Two Books in One, and It Shows
DCI Joe Mottram is spending the summer in Capri with his teenage daughter, Angelica, visiting his in-laws in hopes to deal with his grief over losing his wife. But he gets pulled into a case when an English businesswoman falls to her death on one of the cliffs. Is it murder?

I wasn’t sure from the title, but this is a police procedural, not a cozy. Having said that, there is plenty of talk about food. The mystery itself is strong, with some good twists. It also falls into some cliches, so I saw some things coming early. The issue was that the book really wasn’t very focused. Dealing with grief was as big a storyline as the mystery, although the grief storyline got a weak climax. There are three viewpoint characters, which was at least one too many. The characters are mostly good, but one has a twist part way through that really doesn’t feel supported by the rest of the book. While the main mystery is wrapped up, a subplot leads to a cliffhanger that isn’t enough to get me to come back. We also had conversations partially summarized, which was very weird as I was reading. Others seem to enjoy this book, but it wasn’t for me.
  
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Molly Shannon recommended Ordinary People (1980) in Movies (curated)

 
Ordinary People (1980)
Ordinary People (1980)
1980 | Drama
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Movie Favorite Watch

"That always sticks in my mind; Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore. Isn’t it devastating? It was just such an amazing performance by Mary Tyler Moore. I love a great family drama. There’s nothing like it, and Judd Hirsch as the therapist. It was just so beautifully written and sad. I love going to movies and crying and feeling moved and like you’ve changed. It’s one of my favorite things. That’s why I wanted to become an actress. I love dark. I don’t mind sobbing in a theater; I love that stuff. You can grieve parts of yourself and parts of your life through characters in movies. That’s the magic of moviemaking and cinema, seeing yourself in the characters. I loved making Other People too because I felt like people all have different experiences about life and grief, grief and death and family, all these beautiful themes."

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Gemma (572 KP) rated Travelling in a strange land in Books

Jul 21, 2018  
Travelling in a strange land
Travelling in a strange land
David Park | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This book was such a surprise for me. I have never read any of David Park's work before so I really didn't know what to expect. What I got was a beautifully written, powerful story of loss and grief. A story about a family trying to survive and about a man trying to do the right thing. After reading this, I will definitely be looking up more of David Park's work.
  
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Hayley Hornibrook (48 KP) rated The Diary of a Young Girl in Books

Jun 29, 2018  
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Mirjam Pressler, Otto Frank | 2012 | Biography
10
8.2 (52 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is that one book I will return to again and again - each time it has a layer of new meaning (0 more)
Relatable, heart-rending writing
Anne’s honest and open aspirations are cruelly cut short at the end of the diary entries and her life. The universal grief experienced the first time I reached the end (after feeling as though I had become her best friend) will never leave me.
  
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Katey Bassett (610 KP) rated Everything I Never Told You in Books

Dec 10, 2018  
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You
Celeste Ng | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
8
7.7 (14 Ratings)
Book Rating
Loved this debut novel, not only did I feel as though the story was one never quite told like this I really loved the way it captured real grief and how it can tear a family apart or bring them together and now race/gender is something that almost always impacts a persons life and outlook on things, especially in a mixed race family in the early 60s.