Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada

30 reviews

jiel's review against another edition

3.75

challenging mysterious slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Suicide

linguaphile412's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape

arcy's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Confusing and thrilling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder

rknitss's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Second Japanese fair-play mystery and my favorite of the the two. I found this one more likely to be solved by the reader and all the horrible details to be more engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

serendipity421's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

jjw's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder

Moderate: Rape

ashhleigh16's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

ina_midnight_reader's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder

j_squaredd's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Murder

akira_outofthegravity's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder