Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling

16 reviews

gayghostprince's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Gore

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Child death, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, War, and Confinement

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

Overall I really enjoyed the book. However, I can’t give it a 5 because it dragged on toward the later third of the book. Big plot pieces had happened so soon and it seemed as if things weren’t coming together at a comfortable pace. Parts really dragged on and others seemed to skip right over. Perhaps this is to wrap us into the mind of Jane? Even so, I was hoping for either a quicker wrap up or more of a build up until we got to bigger plot points. Lastly, I *know* it’s how the character is, but toward the end I was really on the fence if I cared about Jane or not.

Yes, it’s the madness making her drawn to the magic and wanting to dive back in. But it felt shallow and I wanted more from her and from those around her

8/27/23:
Overall I really loved the book and will probably reread again in the future but I wish the ending wasn’t so slippery and I actually had something concrete to hold onto. Butttttttttt, I do love a messy and weird ending for the sole purpose of making you feel how the world felt so I can’t be too mad about it. 3.5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Vomit, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Body horror, and Death of parent

hallie3's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, and Gore

odrib's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Miscarriage, Murder, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, and Body horror

Moderate: Grief, Drug use, and Child death

Minor: War and Forced institutionalization

scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

A slow bumpy start, gets juicy around 30% through but the last couple of chapters end up reading like a non-stop fever dream. Great setting, beautiful prose, sometimes ended up long-winded, could have been a shorter book, tbh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Child death, and Miscarriage

savscribbles's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Murder, and Death