Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

9 reviews

angelsinbroadway's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Antisemitism, Abortion, Homophobia, Grief, Eating disorder, Death, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Murder, and Gun violence

amandaformby's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Death, Medical content, Grief, Drug use, Abortion, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Mental illness

acasiamae's review

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Gun violence, Abortion, Homophobia, War, and Murder

archivofrances's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Racism, Terminal illness, and Religious bigotry

bethsbooketlist's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

🌟🌟🌟🌟 - This book has been on my shelf for so long and I was proper in the mood to read it. It was such an intriguing plot - what would you do if you knew the date you would die from being a child? Would you fight it, let it control your every action or let it flow doubting its accuracy? The book addresses all this, as well as victim identity, by moving through the lives of each of the four siblings, paying attention to each of their unique identities and their actions throughout their lives. I think my favourite sibling story was definitely Simon closely followed by Klara. I was riveted by how the book addressed key historical events such as the AIDS pandemic and 9/11, and you see how this shapes the future. Great writing and really smooth reading. Would definitely recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Murder and Suicide

lemonkake's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death, Suicide, Murder, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

gemma7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Really enjoyable book, especially if you like books that have a darker edge. Interesting to see how 'knowing' when the characters are going to die impacts their lives

and if the psychic was right or whether they enable her to be right.

The ending was a bit naff though, unless I am just one of those people who didn't understand it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

kutreen's review

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.5

This book, though not always engaging, makes up for it by delving into a variety of inner conflicts people may have as a result of: descending from immigrants, the religion they grew up in, their relationship with their siblings and other relatives, their role in current social/political events, and their approach to love and life. I admired how Benjamin was able to tackle so many different issues, and in four wildly different characters on top of that. The natural problem that arises for the reader is that they will likely be more interested in one of these issues and one of the main characters than the others, so reading about the other issues and characters can get tiresome. However, I personally find the way Benjamin approached the perspectives (by giving each character their own section) more enjoyable to read than the most common approach which is to give each character alternating chapters. The way Benjamin did it, you get enough time to dive into the mind of each character, understand their problems and their philosophies, and reflect on your own in relation to theirs. It might be annoying, though, when you finally become close to a character and then their section ends and you don't get to revisit their mind again. Basically, it feels like Benjamin tried to do a little too much. Finally, I feel like I didn't really get the thing I was most looking for in this book based on the blurb: how would someone change their approach to life, knowing their death date? I felt like no character took their death date seriously, except in their final moments, except for one.

Why in the world does the youngest sibling die first, the next youngest sibling die second, etc.? Isn't that way too much of a coincidence?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Genocide, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Vomit

infinitezest's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Animal cruelty

The characters throw around slurs and stereotypes about Romani people so casually that it seems the author does not think they are a problem. As a white person I don’t know the history between Romani people and Jews, but I thought some acknowledgement that the g-word is not OK would have been appropriate.