Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Acércate by Sara Gran

93 reviews

lavendar_fr0g's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.0

A realistic look into how the average person would react to getting possessed. 
As in, a bunch of denial and more ‘sane’ explanations til it’s too late. You can sympathize with Amanda, with the way her life falls apart and she loses control. You can’t blame her either- because possession & demons don’t exist, right? 

Could’ve done without the demons lore or whatever, as that didn’t interest me much but it didn’t take away from the story- wouldn’t you want to know everything about what’s happening to you?

I feel bad for her and her loved ones by the end of it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Child abuse

abbiexhope's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Vomit, and Alcohol

aus10england's review against another edition

dark fast-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

3.25

Unsettling novella. It wrapped up a little too abruptly for me. Was very unnerved while reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Animal death

mossymossy's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

kaitieg97's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit and Homophobia

cursivewolf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

A quick descent into possession gone on too far. Hopeless and suffocating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Murder, Infidelity, Blood, Death, and Gaslighting

chloevienna's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

there’s no mystery or intrigue to this book - it tells you what it is and what it plans to do and then does it without skill. i’d seen this all over tiktok and figured i’d finish it in one sitting due to the length, but it took me a few days because of how boring i found it. i’m honestly shocked at the high-ish ratings on here considering how surface level the material is. i feel bad being so harsh, but i truly found none of it original or remotely scary. i’d recommend skipping this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Blood, Infidelity, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

not_another_ana's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

3.25/5

 We could devote our lives to making sense of the odd, the inexplicable, the coincidental. But most of us don't, and I didn't either. 

Come Closer follows Samantha, an architect, whose life slowly unravels as a dark presence starts taking over her. This book is pretty straight forward, lineal and exactly what it promises. The main character's slow descent into madness is believably described and interesting to follow. Th prose is very tight too, it doesn't digress or ramble. I feel like this would have been a disaster if it had been any longer.

Personally I didn't find this scary or even spooky. I do read a lot of horror on the regular so I think that's probably why this didn't hit me the way it seems to have affected others. I found the plot and the escalation predictable. I will say that I am thankful that the author didn't play around at the end with a twisty reveal or anything like that. Fast read, I recommend it to anyone who wants to read something quick but well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual content

finleyfrogreads's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Vomit, and Child abuse

somelatenightreading's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty