Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy

120 reviews

kaitlouise94's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Gore, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Bullying, Body shaming, Body horror, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Blood

saccharinewoe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

something about this book made me feel so much dread at times i was holding my breath, especially with the paranormal stuff lol. had great pacing and was written really well. it was nice to read about an MC that's an older perimenopausal woman (

even if she's got a serial killer in her head

)... i feel like those experiences are often shoved aside or talked about in hush because of how much shame is (unfortunately) tied to aging - which was definitely one of the base motifs in this. i really enjoyed this book a lot and was gagged to the very end lol like it kept me guessing! of course, i would've liked it if it came from the voice of a middle-aged women but as the afterword said - i hope this does open up these conversations so there's more appreciation of that life period for women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence

megbroache's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Mental illness, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Murder, and Torture

klhunter42's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I devoured the first 75% of the book but the last quarter dragged on and seemed to over stay it's welcome.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, and Blood

wyabook234's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Kidnapping, Medical content, and Ableism

staci_stasis's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was innovative and fun as hell. Bit lengthy around the middle part though. The narration by Susan Bennett fucking slaps, I can really recommend getting the audiobook 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Gore, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Body horror

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Bullying

odd_wan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I strongly advise to read the after thought of the author after you read the story. It makes the story so much more completed in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Death, Body horror, Misogyny, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Gore, Murder, Blood, Animal death, Toxic friendship, and Body shaming

natspat98's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Animal death, Body horror, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Gore, Murder, Dysphoria, Blood, Body shaming, Death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence and Torture

zankzank's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.5

I really do not understand the high reviews…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Bullying, Sexual violence, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Rape, Torture, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Body shaming

princess_marie's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It was a good and interesting story that did keep me engaged but it got a little too weird for my taste (almost to the point of being "silly").

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Death, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Misogyny, Murder, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Religious bigotry, Violence, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content