Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

17 reviews

nicoletiff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Vomit, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Trafficking, and Medical trauma

nervcorp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

holy balls i fly through these books (i do not like crime novels) 

i am so like her real. 

edit: fuck this shit this IS a 5 star read i read this book in 3 sittings (not normal for me) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Death, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

Moderate: Gun violence, Gore, and Violence

kimmyhall's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Death, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Torture

Moderate: Rape, Pedophilia, Abandonment, and Child abuse

Minor: Trafficking

mimamilli's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Blood, Torture, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Trafficking, and Vomit

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: War

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Trafficking, Biphobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Homophobia, Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexism, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

Minor: Antisemitism, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, and Suicide

theatomicblonde22's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Trafficking, Child abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Torture, Homophobia, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Sexism

hunkydory's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Homophobia, Sexism, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Vomit, Trafficking, and Sexual violence

srosa037's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.5

It lost me towards the end when it just got a bit unbelievable (literally). It was just building up for the first 2/3 of the book and then picked up towards the ending. It took me a while to finish but truthfully, it could've been a bit shorter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Death

galbraith's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault

mysticserenity's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, and Trafficking