Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

53 reviews

starcasita's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicide attempt, Death, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Grief, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Child death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Animal death

ehmannky's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

I have a hard time books that are one long metaphor for a thing, but this was a really lovely atmospheric read with a very interesting use of mermaid lore. I like the craft that went into this book, the tone, the lore, and the overall message of trauma needing to be shared as a burden and discussed openly so it doesn't cause more harm.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Slavery

Moderate: Child death

antonique_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Violence, Murder, and Slavery

books4bee's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, Pregnancy, Slavery, and War

marinapaso11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Slavery, Death, Death of parent, and Genocide

tinyjude's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This novella reframes and provides a fantastical interpretation of what happened to the unborn babies of African women as they were forcefully taken from their homes in slave ships to exploit them. This atrocious moment in history is reimagined in such a lyrical and poetic way, while also being nonetheless extremely critical with white supremacy and the exploitation of black people. The combination of both aspects and the influence of African culture, create an emotional tale which maintains a special rhythm and conection with nature, especifically the sea and its power, that touches the reader deeply. The story focuses on history, but also love, community, shared generational grief, loneliness, hatred... A masterpiece.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, Racism, Colonisation, Death, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Grief, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death, Cannibalism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

vigil's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

i loved every inch of this book. my one complaint is the alternating pov’s don’t become clear until further into them, leaving the story a bit muddied in the meantime.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide attempt, War, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Slavery, and Violence

spinesinaline's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

I had heard a lot of praise for this one so I’m glad I finally picked it up. I love inspired fantasy tales and this one is such a powerful tale mixing real historical trauma with fantastical creatures. I had no idea that this is, in a way, part of a series – the author has taken inspiration from a song about this idea by a band who were themselves inspired by another band! It’s a great collaborative work in the end.

It’s a heavy book as the blurb suggests but while it dives into that trauma (a pun to lighten the mood), it does so in a balanced way and it’s a beautiful reflection on what it means to be human at the same time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

clara_mai's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Slavery, and Violence

khargaotte's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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: Suicidal thoughts and Blood

Moderate: Slavery and Murder