Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Getaway by Lamar Giles

31 reviews

thissagreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

The main character Jay is really stuck in delusion and I think it’s what made the book a very frustrating read at times. All of his friends knew not to trust the wealthy, white owned establishment and it takes (what feels like) a very long time for Jay to finally understand all the evil that was truly happening to the townspeople. 

When the end of the world starts happening, Jay and the middle class/working class people in town are essentially left no choice but to stay and become indentured servants/slaves to the rich, investors of the town. The town was originally a theme park that’s akin to a huge Disneyland/world, and it prepped itself to be completely self-sustaining. When the town goes on lockdown to shield them from the end of the world turmoil outside of the confines of the amusement park/community, things turn dark and bleak pretty immediately for the working townspeople. But of course those who found out the plan beforehand and resisted, “disappeared” and those who disobeyed the (rude) newly moved-in wealthy residents, were zapped on their required to wear bracelets, with electricity voltages that could “accidentally” kill someone if the button was pressed for too long. The reader can see all the bad starting to happen before the lockdown like the food rations and creepy drones, on top of the missing residents. But Jay doesn’t stop supporting the establishment -for housing his family and giving them good jobs- until he gets zapped nearly to death.

Unfortunately Jay finds out the hard way that classism and power can be incredibly dangerous, but we follow his journey and root for him and the resistance/revolution. 

This was a solid dystopian story with a lot of realism that really worked with the plot. I was engaged for majority of the story, but I do have to warn the readers that Jay can be very much of an “Uncle Tom”, dancing for the man, for at least a quarter of the book. It almost made me DNF the book because he was defending the wealthy so much, but rest assured, he finally opened his eyes and saw even terrible things to change his opinion and fight for what was right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Classism

Moderate: Murder, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Terminal illness

Minor: Racism

ecallahan's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Racism, Classism, and Torture

tashva's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Suicide

narbine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Abandonment, Classism, Murder, Violence, War, and Dementia

Moderate: Confinement, Blood, and Emotional abuse

tales_told_in_gold's review

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Death of parent, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide, Kidnapping, Torture, Blood, Body horror, and Dementia

Minor: Racial slurs and Cannibalism

mlthomas234's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Body horror, Murder, Racism, Torture, and Death

missmiya'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Car accident and Dementia

danaslitlist's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

3.5

This was so much more intense than I expected and it was a pleasant surprise. The writing is a big young for me even for it being a YA book and some of the plot felt a little overly convenient, but overall this was a really entertaining time! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Confinement, Suicide, Slavery, Physical abuse, and Death

Minor: Cannibalism

ferretfaculty's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Classism, Gun violence, Murder, Gore, Blood, Racism, and Death

lizslazylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Classism, Confinement, Dementia, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting