Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

56 reviews

lisettemarie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Colonisation, and Child death

Moderate: Rape, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Murder, and Violence

triley's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Child death, Racism, Colonisation, and Trafficking

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Police brutality

Minor: Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Animal death

allikay14's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Genocide, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Murder, and Kidnapping

leenzreadz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Violence, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Blood

kchin's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

Heartbreaking, heartwarming, love, loss, fear, hopeful, devastating, all at once. An incredible YA read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Murder, War, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

ladykatka's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This has been on my radar for awhile and I'm glad I finally read it. I understand why it is on the reading list in Canadian schools. This is quite a powerful read and very emotional. I listened to the audiobook and the music between chapters leaves you with a deep feeling of dread. Well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Death, Genocide, Kidnapping, Murder, Child death, Racism, and Violence

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Violence, Racism, Kidnapping, Genocide, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Rape, and Murder

jjyork's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Genocide, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

lpdx's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Rape, Violence, Child abuse, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Torture, Trafficking, Animal death, Colonisation, Death, Medical trauma, and Hate crime

Moderate: Confinement and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Drug use and Cannibalism

srjennings's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

Great book! The narrator of the audio was very good.  The plot is compelling and ties together history of oppression/ genocide of native peoples and an imagined future where they're hunted for their use to save white people.  The characters are complex. Not all native people are good and not all the whites are bad.  The main character,  Frenchie, does things that are wrong or at least questionable and struggles with huge amounts of trauma, loss,  and violence, as do the others.  The culture and history of indigenous people is interwoven throughout the story.  
Overall a great story and I'm looking forward to reading the sequel!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, and Mental illness