Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

27 reviews

carina_dreamer's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Apresento-vos o livro mais 🤯 que li em 2023 e ainda bem que foi numa leitura conjunta com a Bestie porque eu precisava de discutir a salada russa que isto foi!

⏳ Harry August é o nosso narrador, ele vai falar das suas várias vidas num formato semelhante a um diário. Ele pensava ser um ser humano e viveu uma vida típica de um britânico nascido em 1920, mas tudo mudou quando ele morre e volta a renascer como Harry August e com as memórias da sua 1ª vida. A partir daí, ele vai tentar perceber que abominação ele é e só vai encontrar um rumo à sua vida imortal quando descobre o nome Kalachakra.

⏳ Na 3ª foto eu indico os pontos principais do livro, mas deixem-me contar-vos que a quantidade de conteúdo e pesquisa postos neste livro para falar de momentos e monumentos históricos assim como descobrimentos científicos, tudo a nível mundial, é vasta. Para quem leu "Babel" e gostou do valor informativo/educativo, também vai gostar deste livro porque é tudo inserido no enredo e não feito como info dump.

⏳Esta pode ser uma leitura intimidante também pela edição em si.
• 1º conselho que dou, não leiam a introdução sobre a história da sci-fi que colocaram lá por whatever reason (mata logo os neurónios).
• 2º conselho, leiam o livro aos poucos porque ele tem uma letra bem pequena e apesar de capítulos curtos (são 82...) estes são bem lentos de ler - demorei um mês.
• 3º conselho, usem post-its para se orientarem no enredo porque há muitos time jumps para justificar certas escolhas do protagonista com experiências das suas diferentes vidas, a mim ajudou.
• 4º conselho, ele demora 100 pág. até nos dar as primeiras pistas do rumo da estória e outras 100 até o Harry começar a agir como um protagonista numa missão. Eu normalmente não tenho paciência para tal, mas vale muito a pena aguentar.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ eu li a última página múltiplas vezes, mas só fez sentido quando lá cheguei e foi um 🤯 que desvenda toda a razão de ser do livro e apaixonei-me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Genocide, Death of parent, Medical content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape, Abortion, War, Addiction, and Animal death

pastlifetragedy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Abortion, Confinement, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death, Torture, and Suicide

Moderate: Violence, War, Vomit, and Rape

Minor: Bullying and Classism

_magorso's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, War, Suicide, Drug abuse, and Murder

spookily's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Medical content, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Mental illness, Suicide, Death, Genocide, Medical trauma, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Child death, War, Death of parent, Rape, Self harm, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Classism, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infidelity, Sexism, Grief, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Addiction, and Car accident

conversation's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Violence, and Murder

thepinknarwhal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Confinement, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Murder, War, Torture, and Toxic friendship

romie_chat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

the way I want to throw this book at everyone but keep it all to myself at the same time:)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, War, Torture, Violence, Death, Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, Drug use, and Murder

corriejn's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Drug use, Murder, Death, Terminal illness, Stalking, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gore, Torture, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Dementia, Genocide, Child abuse, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Gun violence, Child death, Medical content, Alcohol, War, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

flaweddimension's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

Truly amazing character development, a dollop of worldbuilding in the form of Earth's own history, readable and riveting. This book is also hideously, gruesomely violent on nearly every page. We're talking the gamut from rape and murder to torture, suicide, and mutilation. I skipped a few pages when it got really detailed, and I never intend to read this again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Rape

radinsh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

Fluent writing style that pulls you in. However, plot repetitive beyond measure, even for a time loop.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War