Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

17 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

nightlight_reader's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Gore, Blood, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Vomit and Infidelity

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

hanniquinn's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

I REALLY enjoyed reading this. There were definitely parts I didn’t care about as much and some things that I felt were a bit underwhelming but overall I had a lot of fun reading this and I really recommend it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Blood, and Death of parent

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

moonlightreads007's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

I would describe this book as a mysterious, suspenseful and Christie-esque type of read. Although the plot development starts off slowly at first, the pace of the book picks up quickly. It was hard to tell how the story would unfold and the author keeps you guessing as to who the main suspects are and who the culprit might be (which I consider to be the hallmarks of a good mystery/detective style book). The narrative style is interesting, as it switches between the events occurring on the mainland and those on the island. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of Agatha Christie-style novels and who enjoys tense, suspenseful settings and plot developments in books. However, I would also recommend checking out the content warnings for this book as some of the deaths are quite graphically described at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Suicide

Minor: Rape and Vomit

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

aileron's review against another edition

mysterious 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Murder

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

linguaphile412's review

challenging 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood and Gore

Minor: Suicide, Rape, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship