Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Book of Night by Holly Black

120 reviews

yilliun's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I didn’t know anything about this book going in and it surprised me. I think Black could have explained some of the world building a bit better since I found myself still confused even halfway through the book. That being said, I’m almost always a fan of a nonlinear plot and I think that added to the overall mysterious mood of the book.

The cliffhanger definitely had me wanting more and I’m very excited for the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Grief and Child abuse

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

3.25

It’s a really interesting story, especially lore wise. The plot twist is exceptional. I just found the writing a bit clunky, it didn’t flow nicely for me. I also do have a hard time with moral bankrupt main characters, so if you also hate that I wouldn’t suggest. 

Low Fantasy, Romance Subplot, 1/2 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Alcohol, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Violence, Body horror, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content

lollyac01's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Addiction, and Gaslighting

epellicci's review

challenging dark slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Blood

Moderate: Murder

maistfu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

the first half of the book was a bit boring but seeing as you get introduced to a new world with magic and all the characters it's normal. the more I read the more interesting it became and the end was well worth the wait.

the amount of different characters did give me a whiplash because I got confused quite a bit. 

charlie was kind of annoying at the beginning too but she changed my mind by fighting for vince. vince was my absolute favourite though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Murder

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

fionamatilda's review

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Incest and Sexual content

marieclimbsc's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

Very slow start, 100 good pages before it became bland and made little sense. Main character could have been explored so much more. It felt like this book had been written in 2 days and never re-read after. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Vomit, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Addiction, and Alcoholism

magdalenahai's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

Oikein mainio urbaanin fantasian pläjäys. Viihdyttävä tarina, jonka spefielementti oli tarpeeksi omaperäinen. Päähenkilön neuroepätyypillisyys(?) oli kuvattu uskottavasti ja sopi hahmon elämänkaareen (lähes syrjäytyminen, impulsiivisuus, huonot valinnat). Pahis oli ällöttävä tyyppi ja väkivallan uhkaa käytettiin tarinassa taitavasti luomaan lukijalle pelkoa päähenkilön selviytymisestä. Ainoa, mikä harmitti, oli se, että

tajusin ekoista vihjeistä lopun suuren käänteen (Vince=Red). Ei pilannut lukukokemusta, mutta jäi mietityttämään, miten paljon antoisampi käänne olisi ollut, jos sen olisi tajunnut pikkuhiljaa tai vasta sen paljastuessa.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Murder and Domestic abuse

mirrorstorm_'s review

adventurous dark mysterious

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Child abuse

Minor: Torture and Vomit

bookcaptivated's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence