Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

172 reviews

honeydewdaze's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Holy shit. goth as hell. 72000/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Murder

daybeonemay's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mlovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Murder

regina_184's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

2.75

Although very short, this book has a lot of interesting plot points and I liked how it included lots of mythology from different regions.

I wish this book was longer because I think the characters are very interesting. Overally this book is a little creepy and gory so it's perfect for Halloween season! However the language is a little flowery so it can be hard to understand the imagery at some points. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

raybudbury's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

Not my ass being like “the gore was fun but the story was eh”. Makes me sound crazy but whatever, we love gore in this house. Story was hard to follow a bit + wasn’t grabbing me as much as I wanted it to. Actually probably would be better if it were longer 🫶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

justacowboy's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

 A fast read, but a nice one none the less! It was SUPER flowery and I felt like I didn't know what was going on 90% of the time, only to realize ... Yeah. I know whats happening. Its horror, love, and gore wrapped into a nice 100 pages. What's not to love? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Blood

cowboycarol342's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

absolutely heart wrenching. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

matcha_cat's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Grief and Pregnancy

elliottcrow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

carlita_tv's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail