Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Jackal by Erin E. Adams

128 reviews

kwaeisig's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

This book will have you at the edge of your seat! Despite it being fiction, the realities of living life as a Black woman echo throughout the pages. Terrifying, frustrating, and flat out maddening at times, this book will have you talking back to it working alongside the main character to figure it out and snap out of it! 

the white mom being killed is breathtaking and heartbreaking and also pleasant to read in a sad way. She did not believe her black friend when she told her about Black girls and disregarded her daughters blackness when connected to other Black girls that went missing. It was also upsetting because her death garnered more attention than the Black girls gone missing. More attention than her own daughter gone missing. Served her right to die. When you make biracial Black children you cannot choose when to acknowledge their blackness and when to shut them out. It’s unfair and cruel and ultimately set her daughter up to be held captive longer despite her friends thoughts, evidence, etc.

 

This book does not end with a complete “happy ending”. There’s something to be said about small towns across the US that are heavily segregated with many “folk tales”. There are truths in every tale we are told if we take time to decipher them and trace their origins. 

I will be purchasing a copy of this book for my personal library, I loved it so much! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Rape, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Cursing

sampetsdogs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, and Gore

sjclay122's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

nicolewhopickedthisbook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

Kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat! Amazing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Blood, and Murder

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Vomit

Misogynoir. Missing person/child. Descriptions of corpses (human and animal).

biblioteca_nati's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse

sirius_feanor's review against another edition

3.75

I agree with many of the reviews. The story is good, but the ending was weird for me.

It was good enough without the supernatural stuff. Especially a Egyptian god of all thins?!

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

schwelo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Very compelling story with supernatural aspects.

maddireads13's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

OMG. I want to teach a class just on this book!!!! Part historical fiction, part horror, part suspense, part  allegory, and all of it…what is the right word…around, because, triggered by, integrated with, embodies by…racism. This book was a mind bender, and I loved every minute of it, even the gruesome, because there was a point to it all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting