Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Swamp Story by Dave Barry

4 reviews

sashdb's review

adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.5

a rip-roaring maelstrom of murky  comedic trouble 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Murder

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Violence, Cursing, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Drug use, and Misogyny

Minor: Car accident, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Antisemitism

Everglades alligator is the animal death in question; someone shoots it in the head when it tries to attack another person/animal.

aharper's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Infidelity

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

megan_danyelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book would be 5 stars if it weren't for the inclusion of the main antagonists. The way they were written was trauma-triggering and completely out of place for the care-free comedy book that this is. The main two antagonists could have been completely written out completely and the story wouldn't have changed drastically, and the missing links could have easily been connected using the secondary antagonists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Gaslighting, Stalking, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship