Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Un Cadavre de trop by Ellis Peters

7 reviews

shadereads's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Violence and Blood

obviousthings's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Classism

Minor: Racism

theabee's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Sexism, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ridesthesun's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

this one is so twisty and Good, I love it. enter hugh beringar my beloved. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jhbandcats's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

While these novels don’t have the complexity of mysteries with dense characters and plot, instead being rather light, they’re informative, as much as about life in 12th C England as about human nature. By casting Cadfael as an older man with worldly experience, Peters gives him wisdom and insight into people around him, both good and bad. 

As in the first book, A Morbid Taste for Bones, Cadfael provides a fatherly protection to a young couple in difficult if not desperate straits. He’s clever and crafty, able to persuade people to act as though their actions were their idea in the first place. He’s manipulative but not malicious, always looking for the good in people and doing his best to be fair. 

I’m enjoying the series even though I’ve read only two so far, and hope to read more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

literelli's review against another edition

mysterious

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder

Sword fight, civil war, religion

eliora's review against another edition

mysterious 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: War