Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Corazón de tinta by Cornelia Funke

7 reviews

noellegrace8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.75

If you're not a booklover, as in, someone who loves both the content and physical presence of books, this wasn't written for you. If you are, reading this will be like your dream come to life. The idea is original, well carried-out, heartwarming and heartstopping at times, and just altogether cozy in an adventurous, high-stakes sort of way. It has some of my favorite characters of all time. Many people label this as elementary fiction, but in my opinion, it falls under a handful of books that I understand to be disconnected when it comes to content versus writing style verses perspective. Perspective-wise, sure we can call this elementary. But the way it's written is more teen, and the principles are more young-adult-oriented, only increasing in books 2 & 3. 

Altogether a favorite read of mine.

I don't factor performance into auidiobooks, but I'd give Lynn Redgrave a 4/5 stars. Her narration is very good, but her dialogue isn't varied enough to be engaging, and when it is, some of the voices can come off as overdone or even annoying.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Misogyny, Alcohol, Rape, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

All of these are either barely mentioned or just alluded to. Very minor stuff.

julells's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Dieses Buch war schon vor ungefähr 10 Jahren eines meiner absoluten Lieblingsbücher und nachdem ich es jetzt nochmal gelesen habe, ist es das auch immernoch.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Animal cruelty

kryolitee's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexism and Murder

laffi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Stalking, and Gun violence

Minor: Murder, Violence, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

queen_melliott's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

This was good and honestly surprisingly complex in story and character arcs for a children’s book. It was pretty dark for a children’s book, too. The sheer number of times animal cruelty was mentioned or described was quite disturbing. I’m glad I didn’t read this in my childhood.
Elenor was undoubtedly the MVP. 
Still, I don’t see myself continuing with the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Body shaming

Minor: Slavery and Murder

capitaens's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-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

Minor: Emotional abuse, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Violence

meelia's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment