Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

21 reviews

janchamp's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Solid 4 stars! The audiobook is very well narrated and brings a lot of depth to the story. My only regret with the audiobook is that I felt I missed out on what the Diné words LOOKED like, which is probably weird, but whatever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcoholism

alyssatuininga's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Really interesting book with extensive cool world building and concepts. It is a post apocalyptic book by a Native American author, where most survivors are  Native peoples. The writing was a little simplistic/YA but the concepts and ideas were really cool. Overall a really fun, quick read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Cannibalism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

mireillecum's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Grief, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, and Gun violence

12_21's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gore

danata's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

ren_dragon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Cursing

vivavia's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Child death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Death, Police brutality, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cannibalism, and Toxic relationship

nerodyne's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.75

I've been reading any of Roanhorse's books that I can get my hands on lately, and while I absolutely had a good time with this book, I'll say it felt weaker than her other books that I've read so far (though this is an earlier work so that's not shocking). I really understood where Maggie was coming from a lot of the time, the way her trauma underlined a lot of her interactions with other people and the way her PTSD was portrayed in general felt true to reality (at least in my experience). I enjoyed the characterization and the world building, however I felt that the plot points were coming out of nowhere. It all coallesed in the end, but in the running up to it I couldn't stop myself from feeling like plot points were randomly being dropped to pursue something else. All in all though, it was an enjoyable read and I want to see how the sequel elaborates on this world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, Gore, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Cannibalism

redthistle's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Body horror, Torture, Police brutality, Violence, Child death, Blood, Gore, Grief, Abandonment, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism and Colonisation

raptorq's review against another edition

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cannibalism, Blood, Child death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gun violence