Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould

60 reviews

deepcurvesahead's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, and Homophobia

briastery's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Death

cleot's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Child death, and Murder

Minor: Hate crime and Kidnapping

maddiegyoms's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved how The Dead and the Dark tells a story about how the hate we put into the world creates a darkness that can be so overpowering/overwhelming that we cave to it. This story is more than just a paranormal murder mystery, it's about acceptance; acceptance of who you are, of who other people are. We all make mistakes, even if we think it's better for someone else, but owning up to it and making a change for the better is what ultimately prevails.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Child death, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Bullying

Minor: Abandonment

blackthornfaery's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Lesbophobia, Death, Abandonment, and Homophobia

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Hate crime

jesshart8's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Violence, Murder, and Lesbophobia

puddleshoes's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Child death, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment and Lesbophobia

satsumaorange's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

3.5

I love ghosts, I love gay people, I love

evil supernatural mind control

. What more could I want? 
I wasn't a huge fan of the audiobook narrator's tone, but I got past that eventually. Logan's dads were the best part of the book, I loved whenever they were in a scene. Gay rights and dead kids! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Bullying, and Grief

Moderate: Biphobia, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Blood, Police brutality, Classism, and Gun violence

p_izag's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I really liked this book. I had just read a different supernatural mystery and thought this would be a good follow up. The beginning was a bit slow but that's how I feel about all books. By the first hundred pages I was already invested. By the time I reached about 150 pages I knew I was not gonna be able to put it down and would be staying up late to finish it. I liked that there were multiple perspectives, I was scared during certain parts, other parts had me on the brim of tears.

I love happy endings and although the ending is still sad, I am happy with how it ends

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Homophobia and Hate crime

Minor: Child death

theodorawhitly's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, and Hate crime