Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Trees by Percival Everett

114 reviews

taryngoehrig's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Racial slurs

rosecahill's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

truly_yours_insomnia's review

dark funny informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Hate crime, Murder, Blood, Cursing, Racism, Death, and Violence

Minor: Colonisation, Death of parent, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Incest, and Police brutality

chrisxmaverick's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

A mysterious, unexpected ambush of twists and turns that shows that for someone to be racist, they kind of have to be a f——-g idiot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, and Racial slurs

hollydyer328's review

challenging dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A dark, addictive page-turner of a murder mystery that comments on white supremacy in America by paying homage to the history of Emmett Till and lynching. I thought this was original and clever, however a little disturbing and graphic for my taste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, and Racial slurs

seventhswan's review

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I had never read anything by Everett before, and went into The Trees with no idea what to expect. The biggest surprise for me was how funny it was - this is a book with countless violent deaths, not to mention horrific racism in various forms, and yet I found myself laughing as often as I was horrified. I've rarely seen the balance between "dark" and "humour" in a book marketed that way navigated so well.

I found the concept of this story clever - it could easily have veered into the ridiculous, but always stopped just before. The main characters and setting were expertly realised and felt extremely real, even knowing fairly little about rural Mississippi. My only reservation was that there were so many characters - in such a fast-paced story, there were times I struggled to keep track of each one's role. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Murder, Racism, and Violence

disguisedposer's review

challenging dark funny mysterious slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Murder, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Physical abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Blood, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, and Body horror

lizardbet's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

damn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Racism, Gore, Violence, Death, Blood, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Hate crime

gracesullentrup's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racial slurs, Blood, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, and Violence

janann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Violence, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Bullying