Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

98 reviews

corine's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? No

4.25

- Very atmospheric; interesting setting, beautiful writing
- Lots of good characters although Maren fell a bit flat for me
- Bit slow at the start, bit fast at the end 
- For fans of Portrait of a lady on fire 
- Content warnings All. Around.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Xenophobia, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Rape, Blood, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Death, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Alcohol

becca9849's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Racism, Torture, Death, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Minor: Miscarriage

katerina_k_lw's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Felt like traveling to a long lost in time, far away, strange and hostile land, yet so close because of what it means to be a woman in a world that isn't ours. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Murder, Religious bigotry, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty and Suicidal thoughts

Enlightening about the suffering that civilised Europeans inflicted on the Sàmi people (indigenous people of North Norway).

noodletheriddle's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Racism, Miscarriage, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Torture

emilo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Racial slurs, Miscarriage, Death, Murder, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Rape

laurataylor's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Animal death, Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Body horror, Colonisation, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Murder

decie's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

this could have been so good but

as soon as they arrested the friend it went downhill SO FAST. devastating. and I know it's historically accurate for it to be devastating, but tbh i want all books to give all queer people happy endings.

...definitely check the trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Misogyny, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child death and Miscarriage

matcha_cat's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

exactlyem's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Murder

Minor: Suicide and Torture

ainemcgeheemarley's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.75

This book is harrowing. For a long while, I knew how it would end, but it was slow to get there. I respect books that don't romanticize the past though. I often get annoyed with period movies for this issue-- they like to weave 21st century feminism into the story line which is historically inaccurate. This book was depressing, frustrating, and so, so, so sad. But this book is based on real witch trials that happened, and so I think it's important to sit with the characters and their emotions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexism