Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Family Business by Jonathan Sims

9 reviews

mistrum_crowe's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Stalking, Body horror, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Deportation, and Addiction

bdowning81's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.0

This rating is a challenge because I listened to the audiobook and I'd love to be able to give three separate ratings - the story was great, I enjoyed it a lot. I picked this up as a fan of The Magnus Archives and Thirteen Storeys, as I love Jonathan Sims' authorial voice and actual voice. 

I'm not 100% sure where I think this story lands within the precedent set by the others, though, because of the big negative: the narrator. She started out strong, but by halfway through the book seemed like she was phoning it in with no attention given to the meanings of the things she was reading. Every sentence, had the same, intonation structure with, entirely too many extra, auditory commas, and a question-lift, at the end? I had to pause frequently to mentally rewind what I'd just heard, visualize it as printed text, and reimagine it with the appropriate tone and emphases.

That said, the use of the "cameo" narrator is absolutely brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Addiction, Death, Murder, Grief, and Blood

reginacattus's review

dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Grief, Terminal illness, Violence, Confinement, and Death

misszoe's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Murder, Child death, Death, Police brutality, Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Death of parent, Gore, and Addiction

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Bullying

gracecrandall's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Murder, Gore, Confinement, Grief, Mental illness, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Physical abuse, Blood, and Classism

ionop's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death of parent, Bullying, and Drug abuse

kevin_the_intern's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Death, and Grief

jan_coco_day's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? No

3.75

Sims is a master at slow-paced horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gore, Grief, Abandonment, Violence, Death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Vomit, and Body horror

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Bullying

proceduralbob's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Murder, and Violence