Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk

20 reviews

kathleencoughlin's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Terminal illness

Minor: Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Stalking

caseythereader's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Murder, Medical content, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Drug use, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Blood

amandall's review against another edition

Graphic, violate death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Body horror, Physical abuse, Blood, Gore, Murder, and Kidnapping

tifftastic87's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

In Buenos Aires two women are united through odd circumstances. An unnamed vampire arrives on the shores of Buenos Aires and watches as the world around her changes, after the Paraguayan War in 1870 a plague hits and the vampire's connection to the city begins to change. In the modern day, Alma is struggling with her mother's terminal illness, her own medical troubles, and motherhood accidentally awakens the vampire from her long slumber changing Alma's life forever. 

This was very poetically written, eerie, and tense at times. Very low on plot, high on vibes. Both women's lives were tragic in different ways and overall was just a sad book. There was a lot of grief and anger here. I really liked the conversation around religion from the vampire's story, honestly, my favorite part. Both women lost in different ways, their whole family. I really appreciated the view on rage and anger and how emotions are processed within the constructs of the time. However, the ending was so meh. I just wanted a bit more explanation. Based on the setup it didn't feel like a valid ending for Alma and I am disappointment by it. Overall, it was a bit boring and didn't live up to some of the expectations given by the listings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Murder, Gore, Blood, Terminal illness, and Violence

taliaalongi's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, and Grief

lupitagonzalez's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

4.5

I loved this! A Gothic vampire novel featuring queer women, set in Buenos Aires and spanning centuries. My only criticism is that the final part of the novel in which the two women meet unfolds very hastily and ends rather abruptly. I wish there would've been more development in their relationship, but maybe that was the author's intention? I would still highly recommend it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Suicide attempt

junejunejulyjuly's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Chronic illness, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

softanimal's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

5.0

Best book I've read so far this year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Mental illness, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Misogyny, Terminal illness, and Kidnapping

raisinreads's review against another edition

reflective

3.5

I had really high expectations for this based on the blurb and that it had basically all of my favorite tropes (vampires, sapphics, loneliness, yearning) but uh that's on me, my bad. it was okay. i do love vampires and people being gay though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt

nini23's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Violence