Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

76 reviews

lillyrose97's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Grief, Murder, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, and Sexual content

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

 If there is one thing Mr. King excels at it is writing absolutely unlikable characters. Even characters that should be likeable largely have aspects that can make the reader dislike them. In some chapters this worked well and framed the event how each character saw them clearly. In other chapters the reader became enmeshed in a slog of diatribe that was a true chore to get through, even in the audiobook format. 
If you are fond of Mr. King's other works and characters you will probably like this. If you are coming in expecting a typical thriller you will not enjoy this as much. For me, despite my casual familiarity with several of King's works I found it difficult to get up to the 40% mark in the book. To the story's credit the pace does pickup upon the changing of a key character or two somewhere around the 50% mark.

The pace picks up after the death of Janey.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Child death, Murder, Incest, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Animal death, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Ableism, Sexism, and Car accident

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Excrement, and Adult/minor relationship

There is an adult/minor relationship between Brady and his mother. He claims to have been a victim of a different adult/minor relationship during his psychological torture of Olivia.

isabellaoliveira's review

dark tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, and Racism

book_garden's review against another edition

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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Incest, Death, and Murder

amyayeme's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Fatphobia and Violence

maddie7217's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

2.5

There were a lot of sections that contained slurs or used poor writing to make racial stratification the butt of a joke. It felt inappropriate at times given the author’s identity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Violence, Suicide attempt, Racism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gore, and Car accident

lili93's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Incest

zaraha's review

adventurous dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Incest, Violence, Vomit, Bullying, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

giuliana_ferrari's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Would give more stars if SK didn't have this awful habit of dropping the N-bomb, writing women in a very weird manner, and overall being clearly an older, white man with little sense of what reality for POC and women are like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Suicide, Racism, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism and Alcoholism

literarilythrilling's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Incest, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, and Ableism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship