Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Hunger by Alma Katsu

49 reviews

kt2e56's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A lot of this really worked for me! It’s clearly very well researched and the horror elements are very chilling. I think some of the different threads get a bit disjointed though and don’t fully mesh together. There’s also some reveals made towards the end that feel a bit like they were thrown in last minute (an example being

Tamsen being in love with her brother. I think that’s something that should have come up way sooner if she was so madly in love with him that she emotionally pushed herself away from other men and used sex to satisfy herself while she couldn’t get her brother. The way it’s presented in the book is very sudden and has nothing to do with the events at that point.

). The ending as a whole felt a bit rushed. Certain characters that we had POV chapters from felt pushed off to the side when I think hearing more from them could have added to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Child death, Gore, Pedophilia, Suicide, Infidelity, Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Colonisation, Self harm, Sexism, Alcoholism, Classism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Vomit

chloebear21's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide, Incest, and Physical abuse

beholderess's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, Cannibalism, Murder, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Rape, and Suicide

rogackia's review

I was looking for a scary book to read and this didn't fit the bill.

None of the characters were very likable, there wasn't much suspense, and the book didn't even feel like it was building towards anything.

I also didn't really enjoy interluding back to a characters past in order to forcibly fill in backstory which may or may not be relevant and delay any suspense that was building.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Rape

msagerber's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Death, Racism, Animal death, Blood, Sexual assault, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Incest

phaas's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, Child death, and Racism

Moderate: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

Minor: Pregnancy

zoemorana's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Murder, Rape, Cannibalism, Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism, Cultural appropriation, and Racial slurs

caspian's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism

magellen's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

4.5

Solid, dread from the start story. Walks between the mystical and the desperate for scientific explanation.

For a while it's a jumble of POVs but they do ultimately tie together in a horrid grotesque bow. Don't get attached to anyone, don't hope for the best - if you know anything about the history of the Donner-Reed Party, you know what you've gotten into !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Violence, Homophobia, Grief, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Racism, Murder, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Confinement, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Racism, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

amberjackonski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Murder

Moderate: Incest and Cannibalism