Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie

22 reviews

lavendar_fr0g's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

This book wasn’t scary to me, but the multiple perspectives shown here are bloody interesting. 

It makes me ask myself- what would I do to provide for my family? What would I do for my children? Would I care for my vampire child?

I felt sympathetic to everyone in this one, even when their desperation turned deadly. 

The ending was…odd though, which is my major gripe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Car accident

Minor: Cannibalism, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Vomit

opplecopter's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Murder, Medical content, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Child death, Pregnancy, Gore, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Cursing, Suicide, Vomit, and Police brutality

Minor: Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Sexual content

rwsmith's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

it took about 100 pages for the book to pick up. and those first 100 pages were

really tough to get through - the author writes about a parent's grief very well and it was honestly triggering for me.

you do get the perspectives of many, many different kinds of people, which i enjoyed.
i dont usually read horror - stories such as those tend to affect me a bit more than id like. ive never liked scary movies and i assumed i wouldnt like scary books either. i was mostly right. if you're into horror though, this book is probably great lol!
the writing was good and i enjoyed the format of changing perspectives, although there are parts of the book as well as chapters, and the perspective changes many times throughout each chapter. i dont know that all the division of the story helped a lot. i did read the book in two days, so maybe if you read it over a longer period those parts and chapters might mean more. 
the scientific aspect of this book was interesting, and i wish it was explored a bit more, but i understand why it wasnt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Vomit, Death of parent, Confinement, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Body horror, Murder, Blood, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, and Police brutality

Moderate: Cursing, Animal death, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Miscarriage, and Genocide

Minor: Sexual content, Car accident, Drug use, and Deportation

orizenda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I was not expecting to love this so much and get so emotionally invested. The way the death of the kids is handled is done so well. I really didn’t think I would care, but I really did. I got a little disinterested in the middle, but that may have just been my depression. It’s a very bleak story. Good social commentary tho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Gore, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual content, Rape, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

There is a scene where a character is essentially forced into performing oral sex, although it’s more complicated than that.

charles_rowland's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

dilouie delivered as per usual. i’d say he’s one of the best horror authors of the decade

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Cannibalism, Violence, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Death of parent, Murder, Alcoholism, Grief, Blood, Self harm, and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Animal cruelty

echoes01's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Animal death, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Blood, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Child death, Death, Gore, and Grief

jameswilbourn's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

I really don't know what to think of this book. I liked the premise and the start of it but the end... I don't know. It was too predictable and too dark at the same time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Murder, and Child death

xxkatastrophe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark sad tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Child death, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, War, Suicide, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Gore

wyabook234's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Medical content and Animal death

Minor: Cursing