Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

72 reviews

k8ofhearts's review against another edition

sad 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? No

1.5

Very Trauma Porn-y

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Incest, Medical content, Pedophilia, Classism, Drug use, Racism, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Bullying, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Gore, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Abortion, Gun violence, and Murder

clusterf_cked's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Child death, Bullying, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Racism, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Violence, Pregnancy, Grief, Torture, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, Physical abuse, Murder, and Drug use

fozlandgirl's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

I don't give memoirs or raw emotional books anything less than a five. This book has EVERY trigger you can think of. Take the warning seriously but this is someone's life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Rape, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Murder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Child death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexism, Self harm, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Incest

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Miscarriage, and Police brutality

Minor: Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, and War

Please please please take head of the graphic content. It is severe and if you are not in a good place, don't read this until you are.

virgcole398's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Suicide, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Rape, Sexual violence, and Racism

Moderate: Medical content, Ableism, Self harm, Hate crime, Murder, and Medical trauma

callie_pearce's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Suicide, Medical content, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Gore, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Incest, Addiction, Classism, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Hate crime, and Lesbophobia

hankatcol's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Incest, Racial slurs, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Abandonment, Blood, Self harm, Sexual violence, Racism, and Murder

ccate's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, Bullying, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Abortion, and Animal cruelty

butlerebecca's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Just fucking masterful

This is exactly how you write stories of trauma - with reflection and compassion, and balanced with a gorgeous prose defined by its fine-tuned attention to detail

Check the trigger warnings because there’s some graphic stuff in this book but if you can stomach it it’s absolutely worth the read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Animal death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Murder, Racism, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Addiction, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Pregnancy and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ash_mack's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

1.0

I read this based off a BookTok recommendation and hated it. I should've read content warnings or something, but I continue to hate reading about rape. Throughout the book it just made me feel sad, angry, and upset, and just kept going. There's a slightly hopeful note at the end with the narrator but I don't think the fantastical stories shared throughout the book make up for all the rest of the depressing storyline. I don't want to ever think of this book again and the only reason I finished is to see if it got any better. Nope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Murder, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Pregnancy, Medical content, Incest, Xenophobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Homophobia, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, and Drug use

cozyfantasyfaetay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Child abuse, Incest, Child death, Death, and Rape

Moderate: Abortion, Vomit, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, Blood, Bullying, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, and Addiction