Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Little Stranger by Leigh Rivers

9 reviews

marieke17's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Abandonment, Blood, Kidnapping, Body horror, Rape, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Incest, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

brookey8888's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Listen I don’t even know. This is really not for everyone and I even had to skim read a part because that was a little to much for me, but other than that this was good. I thought the dynamic was interesting and not something I usually read. The stalker didn’t happen until like the second half of the book which I wasn’t expecting. Honestly if you don’t read dark romance do not read this and if you want to venture into dark romance don’t start with this. The list of content warnings at the beginning gagged me because spider play. I just reread the content warnings and I must of skipped past the warning of what I skim read( but it’s because that was her “dad”). The writing also wasn’t the greatest either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Grief, Torture, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Rape

book_s1ut's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Incest

Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Stalking, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug abuse, Murder, and Child abuse

sardonicdeath's review

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

H. D. Carlton should read this and takes notes. 

I devoured this book. 
I do feel like it could’ve been a bit longer though. 
Ending character turnaround seemed a little rushed, but I’m still here for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Murder and Drug use

kasara_elisa's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Blood, Torture, Sexual content, Gore, and Violence

alijaywat's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Jesus fucking Christ, what a ride
Check your triggers warning for the love of god

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Incest, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, and Physical abuse

howboutjane's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

OBSESSED... 

I f'kin inhaled this book. Leigh pushed the limits of dark + taboo with this novella. It is deranged and twisted. Nothing about what happened in this book is okay. But it was also beautiful and raw and had me bawling like a child by the end of it.

This is not feel good or cozy. It's heavy smut with taboo kinks and fetishes. If you're one of those people that like to skip trigger warnings...Don't. Do not set yourself back years of growth + recovery because you wanted to f'ck around + find out.  If you've read the synopsis, trigger warnings, took time to reflect and think you can handle it then buckle up and get ready for the darkest ride of your life. Malachi is THAT psycho. 

"Run Little Stranger" 😈

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Blood, Physical abuse, Drug use, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Murder, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Death of parent

hannaspages's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.5

This book feels like a fever dream… 
I was told that Malachi was a Zade dupe but he is giving schizophrenia/ an autistic joker vibe instead. 
Some of the scenes really threw me for a loop though,

like when he shoved a skrewdriver up the fmc’s ass?

I would say that this book is more like ‘The Dare’ and not Haunting Adeline, it’s definitely heavy on the kinks.
Some of the scenes don’t make sense as well, like the end

where the father that Malachi almost killed and whose blood he fucked his sister in, suddenly just accepts that his kids are in a relationship…

The 2 stars I gave are for the narrators because they were actually good, but the story lacked plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Rape, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Stalking, Blood, and Violence

siw_reads's review against another edition

dark fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

This is dark aaaand very very taboo, read the trigger warnings!

The Audio is amazing! Had to tell myself over and over that they are not related siblings!🙈  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body horror, Alcohol, Murder, and Mental illness

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Rape