Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

18 reviews

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

princesspunx's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Torture, Trafficking, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality

Moderate: Ableism

zosia3's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Death of parent, Vomit, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Torture, Death, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Gore, Violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual violence

skyggsja's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

This book is different than the first novel. it‘s less a crime story than a novel about people who lead complicated lives and get involved in criminal actions. and it gets pretty personal! i thought it was great, interesting and gripping but something that bothered me was that i sometimes found it hard to follow. mainly because of the mass of characters, some being mentioned only a couple pf times, other names sounding very similar. a couple of times i got confused about who is who exactly (i listen to the audiobooks, had i read it i would‘ve probably taken notes lol)
and also it ended very abruptly and you have to read the third book in order to know more. but good book, good story and it makes me super sad that the author didn‘t live to finish all the books he‘d been planning to write

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Trafficking

Moderate: Vomit

kelsiejankowski's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Abandonment, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Biphobia, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Emotional abuse, Outing, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, Trafficking, and Grief

andrecosta's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Violence

aoakley's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Violence

nila's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.75

What a ride.

There's probably lots of things to be critical of in this book, but I'm writing this in the immediate aftermath of having finished this and it was AMAZING.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization