Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Geheime Geschichten für Frauen, die Saris tragen by Balli Kaur Jaswal

99 reviews

bethmayrey's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, and Murder

alishamegan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Well there's a lot of stuff stuff I could say. Idk why this is tagged as lighthearted as it is not! 

Definitely makes me upset and angry, though I hope that things are not as dire for the women in the community as this book depicts, but that just be me trying to uncharacteristically optimistic about the lives and status of these women. I mean, there is a Southall Black Sisters for a reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

CW for honour killings in addition to mentioned triggers

kathrun006's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The book is not an anthology. It is about women taking a creative writing class. Most of the stories they write in the class are erotic, but the plot of the book is not centered around sex.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Rape, and Sexual assault

This book deals with the theme of arranged vs. forced marriage so it contains mentions of forced marriage and child marriage. The characters who were married as children are adults and widows when the story takes place, but it is relevant to the story. The only content warnings which are described in a scene are fire and fire injury and interpersonal violence. The violence described is a man attacking a woman. I have included misogyny as an explicit content warning because it is a major theme of the book, but the book is mainly about women supporting eachother and finding their voices in a misogynistic world so do not think that the book itself is misogynistic.

jennp28's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

Really liked this one! Enjoyable to read about a different culture and also their experiences living in London - and to see how we’re all after the same things in the end. Love, community, friendship, trust. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, and Religious bigotry

shannarchy's review against another edition

funny inspiring mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and Murder

sop345's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

ruthjenkins's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Murder

mckeelyshannon's review against another edition

funny inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

One of my favorite lines from this book is “Why be with someone who’s making the journey? You could be with someone who has already arrived.”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

askxtine's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Really enjoyed this one! I thought I was getting into a RomCom but it was so much more - arranged marriages and love marriages, murder mystery, humor and spicy stories. All really neatly tied together with engaging prose. I learned a lot about Sikh culture too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual content

Minor: Xenophobia

child bride

mraddd's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Stalking