Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

30 reviews

kanjichris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

schrödinger's cat

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and Violence

etchrose's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty and Cannibalism

ez2amuz's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Loved it until the last 20 minutes when it just shattered. It just became sad and real and gross and disturbing after being so exciting and mostly hopeful. I understand why it went through way it did but it was such a a crash after such a surprisingly (to me) great story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cannibalism, Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

emmiemopho's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Finally had the time to read this book. It is a good read and one that ends in question. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Murder, Grief, Excrement, Death of parent, Confinement, Death, Torture, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Gore

askurm0m's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really liked it. It kept me on the edge of my seat and I never wanted to put it down. Pretty slow in the beginning so you kind of have to bear with it but, it’s crucial background and character building. It is essential to the book. I really enjoyed it :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Confinement, Vomit, Child death, and Cannibalism

Less about the tiger, more about surviving at sea (valid).

the_silliest_goose's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Death, Animal death, Murder, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty

miacorkum's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Murder

mapleleaf_rag's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Murder

paddy_chh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring slow-paced

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

5.0

This book describes every small thing Pi does on a day today basis in incredible detail so that if they had given me a description of everyday of that whole journey I would still be asking for more. The internal monologue of despair, hope, and determination set against the background of the desolate yet brimming with life ocean and a endearing portrayal of love for the thing that could kill you. This book stunned me. The long drawn out story contrasting with the fast emotionless telling of the ending made me stare at the ceiling for hours before I could fall asleep. 

I will say make sure you read the content warnings before reading this book as it contains quite graphic descriptions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Animal death, Murder, and Death

millyfox's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Vomit, Blood, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Self harm, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, and Child death