Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

9 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

paxbb's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, and Death

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

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

lilifane's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I am hard to please when it comes to murder mysteries. But this one pleased me. 
I actually did not expect to love it this much because it took me a little time to get used to the writing at the beginning. But once I got used to it, I flew through the book. I was glued to the pages. And it's such a short book, but oh boy, so many things happen. Many gruesome things as well, so be warned. I loved the structure of the book, the two parallel plots and mysteries, the pacing. Even though I think the characters could have had more depth and backstory, I liked them all and cared for them. Even in this short amount of time. The setting and atmosphere were amazing. 
And the plotting? Holy sh**! 
I love when an author manages to surprise me. And although I had the right idea (literally one page before the reveal) I still would have suspected the wrong person. But looking back, everything makes so much sense. And I love that we get a complete explanation in the end, that's so satisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

sydoodle's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide

beca_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

A great fast paced thriller. I loved the play on Agatha Christie's 'and then there were none' with a twist. I liked how there was two separate story lines that interwove to make up the mystery in the book. The reveal caught me off guard completely and was very clever. On the other hand I did not see a need for the epilogue at the end of the book, I personally could not figure out the purpose of it.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Suicide attempt

bilitis's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

oh my god that was excellent. absolute masterpiece.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, and Violence

aseel_reads's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

this was brilliant - so well-written, similar to the original story while still being very unique and surprising at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Suicide, Rape, Murder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Child death, and Blood