Reviews tagging 'Murder'

American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman

88 reviews

jkeybeane's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This was a reread for me and while the story is well-written I hadn’t remembered the gratuitous sex/objectification of women.

The only woman who enjoys sex is brutally murdered on the page.

. While some of this may be colored by the  unearthing of allegations against the author, I’ve thought similar things about books written in the same time period where the author doesn’t have any allegations against them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

frejaligatr's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Good book. Shitty author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, and Murder

raechelraej's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and War

Minor: Infidelity and Car accident

sammhill's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

American Gods feels like a journey into the heart of the American cultural fabric. Narratives of Irish sun gods, slaves and immigrants are interwoven into small town pitstops and dinners at funeral homes. It's medium paced and offers a variety of narratives to stimulate multiple avenues. Good story about meaning, symbols and finding yourself. Mythology and mystery along the way keeps it interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Colonisation

it's all a big con!!!

vivectelvanni's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Rape

wise_old_fishie's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

it was well written just a looong read for me. the characters and events were quite interesting I grew quite fond of some of the characters, and you really did feel the time passing, events that happened weeks ago in the book really did feel like they'd happened weeks ago.

after i'd gotten half way through I wasn't going to let myself dnf it, but it really did  feel like an accomplishment to have finished it :p

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

elliv's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Car accident, Murder, and War

Minor: Racial slurs and Vomit

moksha's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

1.0

Vile

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

ashleythebookwhore's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.0

I’m convinced this whole book is a one-man con and we all got played. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Infidelity, and Car accident

Minor: Incest and Fire/Fire injury

vaguelyredhead's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident