Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Jane: A Murder by Maggie Nelson

13 reviews

froon's review against another edition

4.0

oh how i’m a sucker for a story about family, the haunting of family, grief, and sisters. nelson paints a beautiful portrait of these experiences in this collection. particularly successful is how she can’t help but draw jane’s personality into herself. after my grandpa died, i found all i could do is think of the ways we were the same, how our habits compounded into each other. maybe that’s the easiest way to deal with loss, to fill it with ourselves.

reasoning for four stars: some of the poems and sections felt significantly weaker than others. nelson’s real strength is with her prose poems, in my opinion. my favorites were “lies” “sisters” and “ghosts.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Murder

katharinaamaliae's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.25

I read this in an hour and a half, wich doesn't happen to me really often, but this was just so beautiful. The writing was amazing and for me, someone who barely reads poetry, also easy to understand, but at the same time it wasn't too simple. 
Maybe I just read it too fast, but I didn't feel that much of a connection to Jane throughout the book, wich I thought was kinda disappointing, but that was really the only thing I didn't like. Amazing book, and got me out of a reading slump so plus points for that.

I want so much-to be versatile, charming, warm, deep, intelligent, accomplishing something, loving,
fooling around, giving instead of getting, cheery not driven, sure not uncertain, possessing not anticipating, answers not questions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, Rape, and Sexual violence

readingtotravel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Grief, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Cursing

Minor: Gun violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lady_bountiful's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Death, Grief, and Violence

rochidiaz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Truly unlike anything else I've ever read. Maggie Nelson is one of the best writers of our time, the way she put together this book is so perfect and unique. Incredible and heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

sholcomb's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

araines's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Rape

pyourch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

Loved reading The Red Parts first (about the unfolding of the murder trial itself) & then going into Jane and learning more about the inner workings and thoughts of the girl we learned so much stuff about through the lens of her murder. Made her a person. And Maggie Nelson uses Janes diary entries & makes beautiful poetry. Really a heartbreaking book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

jacq_s's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Rape

jodunn_'s review

dark emotional fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Rape