Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward

37 reviews

purstiltski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Murder, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Self harm, Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion

cheyrohm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

This was good, although not as good as The Last House on Needless Street. Catriona Ward definitely loves her brain benders and surprises you just when you think you have everything figured out. 

The thing I didn't love about this book was the reveal that a lot of what happens is just part of the book-within-a-book and not real. It gives a bit of the "it was all a dream!" writing cliche.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

itsbrittneyb's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Murder

hollispaige's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.75

Okayyy, I just finished this book and i’m here browsing other readers reviews because i THINK i followed everything but damn….how can i even be sure i know that i fully understood/followed it? 
i’m with a lot of the other reviewers of this one. The first plot line of wilder, harper and nat could’ve been a solid 4-5 ⭐️ read if it ended there. Hell, I even enjoyed the first narrative of Sky, (though his rude ass move made me angry AF). I almost even could’ve been okay with the Wilder returns to the cottage as a grumpy old man story & how that turned out (prob would’ve been closer to a solid 3 ⭐️ at that point.) 

Now the last 30 ish pages really made me second guess if i understood the who’s who of it all. Are Skye, Sky, Pearl & Harper the same person at some point? Was harper successful & they end up “trapped forever” or was that her wishful thinking? Idk like i said, the beginning of this book until the last few chapters could’ve been a solid 3.75 ⭐️ read. However, my rating on this book is a generous 2.75⭐️ (rounded up to 3⭐️). 
Would i recommend it? only to people who really would spend the time reading and attempting to understand/follow it. 

also those long ass chapters? i almost stopped before getting through the first 50 pg “chapter.”

also (last one i promise) was Sky always a female? (it doesn’t matter, but im just trying to figure out if that situation was from the book inside of the book inside of the book)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual assault

shamelessbibliophile41's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Grief, Suicide, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Death, Murder, and Death of parent

ellaleec's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicide

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

2.0

I could not tell you a lick of information on what I just read. I feel like I should have taken notes and come at this like a detective to understand anything. It just wound up being too overly intricate for me, more like a messy book version of Inception + a little witchcraft than what I think the author probably intended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy, Abortion, and Abandonment

ishouldreadthat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Looking Glass Sound is a very strange book. Catriona Ward is one of my favourite authors and a master storyteller and this book was ambitious. It wont work for some readers, but I think she really pulled it off. It's hard to talk about without spoilers! Part coming of age tale, part story of revenge and trauma, it's a book about obsession in many forms. This is one of those books that you'll either love or hate - I can't imagine there's much middle ground! I ended up absolely loving it, despite being tempted to DNF at about 30% (there's a massive shift in the story that I found quite dull). I'm a huge advocate for DNFing but this is a rare case where I'm SO glad I didn't.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Blood and Self harm

grimdark_dad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Death, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Self harm, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Suicide, Alcohol, and Grief

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Abortion