Reviews tagging 'Murder'

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

161 reviews

nadiaisbooked's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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This book read so well I wonder how it could be made up! Just brilliant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Blood

Elm was my fav, hehe

amynich1224's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder

amburrella's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Sexual content

trapdorr's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was fine. I went into it with high expectations and they weren’t met. It wasn’t a bad book by any means. I think the magic is interesting and I will read the next book but I felt like there wasn’t enough internal dialogue or scene setting. It felt like I was just jumping from one conversation to the next and not getting flushed out emotions or settings. Also I still have questions that weren’t really answered. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Murder

Minor: Violence, Injury/Injury detail

gemin1reader's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense

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Loved this more than I was expecting. Dark and a bit spooky with an interesting magic system and a great slooow burn romance that I enjoyed immensely. 

Didn’t love some of the rhyming poems and some of the dialogue felt a bit too modern in the context of this old fashioned world! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

fedoratheexplora's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

cafenby's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

i devoured this book and it devoured me. ♡ i am quite literally so obsessed with this book & i will be needing the second one immediately! it checks all of my boxes for things i love to see & read, truly. it’s absolutely beautifully written in a breathtaking style, it has such an interesting plot & lore, characters that aren’t just black & white in their behaviors and personalities, a magic fantasy realm & style that is so so intriguing and cool, and that dash of reaaaally good romance build up & relationships & character development! ahhhhhh!!! elspeth ♡ ravyn ♡ jespyr ♡ my beloveds

amrithi's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Violence, Murder

gauriraut's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent

liren's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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: Yes

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Be Wary. Be Clever. Be Good.
"Atmospheric" doesn't even begin to capture the beauty of Rachel's writing. The magic system is so unique and the whole world is built around the lore and use of the cards. I love the characters, especially the Nightmare, and his rhymes set so much of the mood and mystery.
(Any time I see an allusion to The Highwayman, I get chills)
*updated after a reread, and it holds up as one of my favorite books.*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent