Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe

4 reviews

katie0528's review

This boom was big and pretty unwieldy. I thought I wanted to dive into all of Poe's writings, only to find that once I set out, it was too much. I've had it checked out from the library for months, so I've finally decided to just read the most famous works and return it. A smaller collection is probably enough for all but the Poe diehards.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

Minor: Blood, Terminal illness, and Slavery

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Obviously kind of difficult to truly rate a book containing a person’s entire body of work but I had a mostly middling experience overall so that’s what it gets.

Basically a lot of beautiful, moody writing interjected with some very intense moments of hideous racism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Racism, Ableism, Alcohol, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Animal death, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Grief, Violence, Slavery, Gore, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Torture, Chronic illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, and Domestic abuse

gregorvermin's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, and Death

roadki77's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

His poetry ranges from a lovelorn man to psychosis incarnate. His stories are even more insane, and often contain magical or fantastical elements. Themes vary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Torture, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Grief, Body shaming, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexism, Animal death, Bullying, and Cursing

Minor: Misogyny, Terminal illness, Vomit, Cursing, Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Cannibalism