Reviews - The Murders of Molly Southbourne

854 reviews for:

The Murders of Molly Southbourne

Tade Thompson

3.79 AVERAGE

renatakis's review against another edition

1.5

adventurous challenging slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aethermoss's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nico987's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bucher_freund's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Molly grew up on an isolated farm with no one but her loving parents for comfort. She has a condition, see, where anytime she bleeds, that blood will grow a clone molly. And the clones are not friendly. Her parents teach her survival skills, knowing that they will not always be there to protect her, and knowing it is impossible (especially for a woman) to go through a lifetime without bleeding.

This was a smart, interesting sci-fi novella, with a smart, interesting protagonist. Throughout the story, the reader follows Molly as she matures, sometimes questioning her humanity, sometimes pushing against her curse. Glad I stumbled upon it. It's apparently a trilogy, so I'm going to have to pick up books 2 and 3 at some point. A nice shift from all the ghosts and demons I've been spending my time with lately (not that there's anything wrong with indulging in favorite tropes, just sometimes it's good to mix things up a little).