Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

12 reviews

fraise's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Drug abuse, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Child death, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity and Rape

aarahi's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Gore

samanthaleereads's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Sexism

ana988's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death and Violence

Moderate: Gore

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Medical content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Alcohol

kimtazo's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Death, Suicide, Blood, Alcohol, and Violence

toffishay's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This was a really engaging, creepy, but fun mystery! The homages to classic mysteries, especially Agatha Christie were really fun as a lover of mystery and detective media. I won't spoil the ending, but I think it's a worthwhile read if you are a fan of the genre. The only things bringing it down for me, is that I think there could have been a little more drama at the end and one character in particular, I felt was under-used.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Confinement, Murder, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Grief, Gaslighting, Blood, Suicide, and Medical content

Minor: Rape, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Infidelity

caroignes's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This is a fun read, even though I didn't always enjoy the writing style. The delivery of the twist was fantastic; the telling of the story does a good job of making you suspect everyone at various times. I picked this up specifically because I was looking to read a locked-room mystery, but I also think the mainland plot could've made a good standalone investigative story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Vomit and Suicide

ameliafr's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was such a good mystery! It was so fun trying to put the clues together, and even though I didn’t figure it out, it felt like doing a puzzle.

I do wish that the female characters had been given more time and depth,

but overall I still really enjoyed this book! The ending was super satisfying and it was just generally so well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

kateemily's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence