Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Little Friend by Donna Tartt

30 reviews

johnclough's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Racism, Violence, Addiction, Animal death, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, and Drug abuse

_jchinasa's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Blood

Moderate: Racism, Self harm, Animal death, and Child death

Minor: Vomit

evelix's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

Okay so… I became really connected the characters (especially Harriet) as the book progressed, which I think DT has a talent for. It definitely felt like I was jumping into the LIVES of the characters, not just the plot, which I have felt reading all of DT’s books. The descriptions are beautiful and the writing is clever. Also, the child’s voice is used SO WELL and the shifting of narrative voice between characters is very very good, a great used of unreliable narration. BUT, there are some things that are kind of hard to ignore. There is a lot of using racist and ableist slurs, which I get is typical for the time period but DT really doesn’t make any meaningful comments condemning the prejudices of the mainly white cast. There are several diverse characters but they are not treated with the same depth or respect as the protagonists, and it feels like the issues of racism and ableism are brought up in passing but not discussed with the respect they deserve. I understand that these topics are not the point of the book, but then why bring them up SO MUCH (and it is a LOT)? The ending was also so abrupt and I felt like the book was soooo slow-paced until the last one hundred or so pages. I don’t mind slow books, but sometimes the pacing felt awkward. It was also just very cobfusing in parts, which might be my lack of understanding, but I guess the ending just annoyed me because it felt like it didn’t really resolve much. I think this book will definitely stick with me, especially the family and characters who I felt like I got so close to, and also because of the incredibly dark subject matter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Ableism

another_dahlia's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Racism, Death, Classism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Murder, Addiction, Cancer, Sexism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

beatriceora's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

4.5. It seems that this wasn’t a very popular book, but I really liked it. I guess I’m just not like other girls in that way :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Gun violence, Animal death, Death, Murder, and Animal cruelty

clunttoo's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Drug abuse, and Murder

quinn24's review against another edition

I fell into a reading slump but i’m definitely going to come back to it at some point 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Grief, Racial slurs, and Animal death

Moderate: Xenophobia, Blood, Bullying, Death, Alcohol, Vomit, and Racism

lief_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Ableism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Racism, Addiction, Child abuse, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Confinement

alyssathorn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, and Murder

carlytenille's review

adventurous mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

This murder mystery has everything, and as intense as it can get, it was such a fun read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Child death, Murder, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence