Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Stranger by Albert Camus

318 reviews

kaltraz's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, and Murder

vvitch's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Gun violence

Minor: Racism and Colonisation

fruitbat's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

ievac's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-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

4.5

a perfect and easy starter book for absurdism, beautifully written and a must read 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

kyfrain's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Very interesting read. It reminded me A LOT of No Longer Human. This writing style is so unique and tells so much about the mental state of the main character. Each sentence is written with reason behind it. The sun scene (iykyk) was written so beautifully to point it made you feel the sun on your back. Very different!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

_sunshine_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

5.0

Everyone should give this book a try. It’s hard to describe but it just “feels right”. I read it at a point in my life when nothing made sense and I was driving myself crazy trying to make sense of the world…Then this book happened. Absurd. Perfectly absurd. 

I don’t recommend if you’re looking for a big plot. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Abandonment

sydneysparr's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Murder

gab1202's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

solid. meursault both infuriates and intoxicates me, purely because i do at times relate, yet i can't get past it all completely without narrowing or rolling my eyes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Sexual content

nura_aga's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

rhonag's review against another edition

funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Colonisation

Minor: Domestic abuse