Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Furies by Katie Lowe

21 reviews

bkschwartz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Rape

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Physical abuse, Grief, Rape, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Forced institutionalization

gondorgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Drug use, Rape, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Murder, Vomit, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexism, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Bullying, and Physical abuse

ifoundcallie's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Death, Body shaming, Cursing, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Toxic friendship, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gaslighting, Child death, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Vomit, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Body horror

Minor: Eating disorder, Excrement, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Gore

ritual sacrifice, false accusations, slut shaming

dancingwithourhandstied's review

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Car accident, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child death, and Child abuse

Minor: Torture and Adult/minor relationship

studydniowka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

To nie jest obiektywnie zła książka, po prostu nie dla mnie, nie lubię takich uduchowionych, czarowniczych klimatów. Jestem bardzo twardą materialistką, więc wszelkie uduchowione wątki sprawiają, że mam mocno uniesioną powiekę i patrzę na to z bardzo krytycznej pozycji. Żal mi głównych bohaterek, za ich sytuację, pogubienie, ale nie rozumiem do końca ich wyborów. Nie rozumiem również, jak w kontekście zakończenie książki nikt nie wyciągnął wobec nich konsekwencji. Z opisu książka sytuuje się gdzieś pomiędzy „Tajemną historią” i „Bunny”, a raczej chciałaby być tak dobra jak one (może jak Tartt, bo Awad jest późniejsza). Tartt jest obiektywnie gorszą książką, a do „Bunny” się „Furie” nie umywają. Także średniaczek.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Toxic friendship

Minor: Car accident, Child death, and Domestic abuse

bookishwitchreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I really wanted to give this 5 stars but the ending falls flat for me. It was amazing, but the ending feels like it's there without much reason or explanation.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Murder, and Drug use

Minor: Gore

ashlislibrary's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Rape, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, and Murder

introverted_reads's review

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.5

On paper, this is my perfect book. It promised witchcraft, academia, murder, moral decay, and the arts. It did, to some extent, deliver this and I did enjoy it on the most part. If you’re a fan of books like The Secret History (Donna Tartt) or If We Were Villains (M. L. Rio), which I am, this is again a novel of secrecy, elite academic circles, murder, boundaries and transgression, and decay. After the disappearance of a previous member of the elite art group, Violet is introduced to a world of witchcraft, female anger, moral transgressions, and the pursuit of beauty above all else. Violet is swept into the turbulent dynamic of the group, lured by the promise of solidarity and companionship, and very quickly finds herself inseparable from Robin, the enigmatic best friend of the missing girl. Violet and Robin begin down a path of bloody pagan rituals and revenge, and the declination of morality is triggered. The Furies is a captivating, dark novel that is a must read for fans of the gothic or the dark academia cult (/lh) that is forever growing.

However, I feel that this book is somewhat problematic. If it were published even 10 years ago, I’d be more understanding of some of the themes/ideas within this book, but considering it was published in 2019, it is extremely concerning to see the pro-ana/pro-mia culture of the 2000-2010s finding its way into a contemporary piece of fiction. The arguably romantic depiction of this culture feels very out of place and extremely harmful. With eating disorders worryingly on the rise, and pro-ana/mia culture finding a renaissance on TikTok, I personally am concerned at the misconstrued ideas held within Lowe’s novel. For a book published in 2019 with a host of academic psychiatry resources and credible eating disorder information available online, to have such a glorified depiction of eating disorder themes doesn’t sit right with me. I feel as if there must be a reexamination of what exactly is being presented within this book, as I feel as though this could be dangerous in some hands.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Drug abuse, Rape, Blood, Sexual assault, Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

annniina98's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Murder