Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Island by Adrian McKinty

38 reviews

soniaa5's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Bullying, Colonisation, Drug use, Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Cursing, Rape, Torture, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Vomit, Violence, and Addiction

faithsbookreads's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Car accident, Death, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Torture, and Violence

princess_marie's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Animal death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Body horror, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Sexual violence, Suicide, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Vomit

lexithelion's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

This book is SO good I could not put it down. I had a tough time deciding between it being character or plot-driven because the plot of this book is so straightforward, driving, and easy to feel and understand but ultimately the characters' growth describes their choices and makes me feel tense. We begin with a seemingly normal and very realistic family that ends up in a very 0-100 tense situation and the terror is real. The way that Tom's true character comes to fruition lines up with how Heather would experience finding out who he truly is. The book's resolution is extremely satisfying and every character arc feels real. I love the potential super-naturalness that occurs from the islander's perspective, viewing Heather as a sort of Karma for their past sins. Excellent book; would read again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Stalking, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Gore, Violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Torture, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, Infidelity, Excrement, Medical content, and Vomit

This is a very dark book. There is only peaceful bliss in the very last chapter. Please see my content warning tags for dark themes in this book.

ladyinverse's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

this easily went from a 4 🌟 read to a 5 🌟 simply because there was ambient noise  and sound effects that truly elevated the listening experience. 1000/10 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death

joanneh1's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

fernandes's review

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Car accident, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

aliteracja's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Torture, Racism, Colonisation, and Rape

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

destinied's review

adventurous dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

I don’t normally like books where there is this much gore, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. I truly have no idea why, but I believe the fast pace, semi-fantastical storyline, underscored by the off-the-grid type backdrop just did it for me. While some characters behaved a little more dramatically in the story than they (probably) would in real life, I felt the storyline echoed something real. I definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a quick, intense thriller. Perfect  for Halloween 🎃

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Xenophobia, Violence, Murder, Confinement, and Torture

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Minor: Genocide and War

lindsaylhunter's review against another edition

I wasn't expecting this book to be a modern classic but I'd enjoyed the author's book The Chain previously and would say that it helped me get back into reading for pleasure. I'd hoped the same from this book being a fast-paced psychological thriller but it doesn't read with the same enjoyment as the last.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Confinement

Moderate: Car accident