Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson

15 reviews

ser_gray's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Gore, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Sexual harassment, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide

shysheepys's review

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? It's complicated

4.75

The Boatman's Daughter starts slow, in the first chapter, but from there it goes FAST. Intertwining stories, all in a fucked up small town, blend together to create the narrative of Miranda Crabtree and her fight for her found family. This was WEIRD, but I loved learning the Slavic folk lore within. I wanted nothing more than the best for Miranda, Littlefish, and the girl, and I think thats what kept me reading. I loved this, even the fucked up bits that made me squirm. Not for faint of heart, will make you squeamish and also cry. Spoilers:

My only grievance is that some of the folklore mmonsters felt really shoed in. Even when there was a setup for them, there weren't enough signs that, hey, maybe this wasn't just a murder, maybe there was more to it. Still, at the end, everything got tied together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual violence, Self harm, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Body horror, Animal death, Child death, Religious bigotry, Grief, Murder, Trafficking, Blood, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Confinement, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

rock_island_witch's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was a fast and easy read. In three days I read all 400+ pages and did not want to put the book down. It had a great mix of action and occult as well as a fine cast of characters. It ended pretty much as I thought it would, but I was not disappointed. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Child abuse, Death, Abortion, Rape, Vomit, Sexual assault, Drug use, Sexual violence, and Gore

momewrath's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Abandonment, Infidelity, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual content

mlewis's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Child death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cancer, Vomit, Body shaming, Body horror, Xenophobia, and Confinement

Minor: War and Car accident

blacksphinx's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.0

I only finished this book due to a reading challenge and having nothing else to listen to at work. Why did everyone wanna fuck the protagonist so bad? T_T

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness, Addiction, Animal death, Torture, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, and Pedophilia

Minor: Trafficking, Body horror, and Confinement

A main character is a little person who is always called, even by the narration, "the dw*rf" and occasionally "the m*dget." Explicit whorephobia, including the mass murder of full-service sex workers.

mblanke's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Child death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Alcoholism

criticalbooks's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gore, Violence, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body horror, Death, and Death of parent

mzynda's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Gun violence

froyobaggns's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Animal death, Violence, Gore, Cursing, Child abuse, Blood, Abandonment, and Self harm

Moderate: Grief, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Torture, and Sexual harassment

it took me a few chapters to get into the story. you're dropped in and you are immediately in it. there were certainly some hard to digest moments of abuse, pain, and trauma, but it really was a very enjoyable story.