Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

40 reviews

skogsheks's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

keatonmarie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

snlangford's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

An interesting story that takes a poke at the hive mind mindset people develop over a shared scapegoat fear. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Has nudity and some other things considered vulgar in American culture, but not vulgar in a European culture.

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Racial slurs

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Xenophobia

jmkendall0218's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

tavvyj's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I read this in a book club and can tell I liked it quite a bit more than most of them did. This novel is emotional, and so much of it is tense. Heuvelt uses very specific language to stand out specific passages, and because of that it can warrant disgust at times.

I'm going to talk about the nipples here, which are a large part of the shock value. My friends said things like "don't make a drinking game out of it" and the like, so while I was reading I kept count of the mentions. While it's a higher number than one would expect in a non-smut or romance book, it mentions them 10 total times, 9 of which are for shock value and disgust. Talking about Tyler's nips was weird though. 

In any case, the use seems pretty clear to make the imagery stand out and not just mentioning nipples just to mention nipples as my friends emphasized.

The book is dark and emotional, it's horrific. And it's a reminder that the true evil in the world is, and has always been, humans being afraid of something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

torrentsofhayl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape and Pregnancy

nrogers_1030's review

dark

What in the actual fuck did l just listen to?! And how am supposed to rate it?? The last two hours were absolute garbage. Disgusting AF. Nipple obsessed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Religious bigotry

kelleykamanda's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

Great concept, slow middle, ending was abrupt… and man this guy had a weird fetish with nipple torture/ abuse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Islamophobia, and Murder