Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

40 reviews

jennaweston's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I have never seen The Godfather, so when I found out it was book, I was intrigued. I had no idea what to expect, but I ended up liking this book way more than I thought. 

What I Liked 

• Loved the pace of this book. Right as you think we’re getting too comfortable, something crazy happens.
• the characters were all really interesting and had faults of their own. Right as you thought someone was good, they turned and did something awful. 
  • you wanted to root for them but also were disappointed in them
• Each character got their moment, their backstory, which made the story much more in-depth and interesting.

What I didn’t like

• the women in this book are very sexualized and everything is tied around how the men in the family can satisfy them sexually. 
  • Johnny was a real piece of shit — getting mad at his wife for the divorce
  • Kay is an interesting character
• It was an older book, but the racist outlook on people of color isn’t great

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

samitdhull's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Gun violence, War, Alcohol, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, and Child abuse

meilanon's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Physical abuse

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Body shaming, Medical content, Homophobia, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism

hijodelsol14's review

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

soliasz's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Strangely, I found this book slightly dissapointing. While I enjoyed the main plot, I found myself confused at the uneeded sideplots and  details. Why include a side-plot  centering around the size of a characters genitals? Why detail a surgery about it? Why emphasize it so much? 

Sometimes I feel that the author did not bother with the idea of killing your darlings, and chose to include so much unnecessary content that muddied the story. 

But, I do admire Puzo's prose, simple, yet descriptive and captivating. I also have to give it another inch because of the fantastic and revered movie that sprang from it. The movie is great, but the book? Slightly underwhelming and dissapointing. I believe this is one of the very few cases that the movie is better then the book. If you're a fan of the series, perhaps you would get something out of it, but otherwise, you'd be better off watching, or rewatching the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Cursing, and Infidelity

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Murder, Misogyny, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Xenophobia, Sexism, and Kidnapping

olivia23_23's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

soph_mills's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Death, Alcoholism, Sexism, Alcohol, and Body shaming

Moderate: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual content, Alcohol, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Violence, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Addiction, Child abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, Antisemitism, Death, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

rhizzar's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed the story (even though I knew it from watching the film) but a couple of the chapters  really stray from the plot and are fairly unnecessary 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Gun violence, and Murder

kellsbells17's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

thefluffyowl's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Murder, Domestic abuse, Racism, Violence, and Misogyny