Reviews tagging 'Murder'

All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown

96 reviews

vegahoran's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia

anni_skz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Violence, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Homophobia

rowan_jess's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

Very sweet whilst also quite grim yet relevant at points. Andrew and Jamie are great narrators and whilst I wished we had spent more time on certain feelings and histories, and less repeating of already stated or implied descriptions and such,  I still found it a very entertaining  and refreshingly earnest read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Homophobia

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Racism, Vomit, and Misogyny

Really still appropriate for teens, just post-apocolyptic from a pandemic and includes power hungry bigots at points. So long as they've had talks about/understand death and discrimination in the real world, and don't have sensitivity to pandemic-related trauma, it should be okay. Uplifting overall in spite of this.

refrejarator'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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. It was so sweet, even in the darkest parts I still felt hope for the characters and for humanity. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Homophobia, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, and Grief

scrunklyguy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.75

This was a really cute book. I stayed awake til 5am to read it. 

I only wished it could have been more fleshed out? Like, I felt like each event was meant to be a part of its own but it sort of felt rushed and/or confusing and unnecessary?

But, anyway, if it was worth reading?
I'd say yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, Blood, Body horror, and Death

teaselkie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Colonisation and Xenophobia

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Grief, and Violence

readsforlove's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This book was ... wow. It was so raw and gentle and tender and gutting. It was sad and brutal and soft all at once, and so many of the topics and themes were almost a little too close to home, given the past three years.
Normally I don't love the whole "I have feelings but I can't tell him!" trope, but this book did it right. Instead of dancing around how they actually felt, they just got closer to each other and loved each other for the bulk of the story. Even though secrets were being kept, it didn't feel like the world was going to end when they were unveiled. They were still able to love each other and be so tender and gentle with each other, even though they hadn't explicitly stated their feelings yet. And that made me love every part of their relationship. (Though I could have done without Andrew's automatic assumption that Jamie was straight. Like, come on, my dude.)
The only reason this isn't getting five stars is due to the writing. It felt jerky and halting at times, and was sometimes hard to get into as a result. I almost didn't give the book a chance due to how choppy it felt, as I was worried I wouldn't be able to get into it. Yet I still managed to sit down with this book and read it cover to cover in one sitting. 
So I definitely recommend this, if you'd like to be swept away by sad, heartfelt end of the world romance for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Child death, Violence, Homophobia, Racism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

planner5002's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This book was kind of slow, but it was entertaining and compelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Bullying

This book is about a pandemic, and it doesn’t hesitate to use gore. It’s a good read, but anyone squeamish whose worried about getting triggered by the content might not want to read it.

o__o's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book is so good!! It focuses a lot on the inner-monologues of the characters while also being action-packed. The chapters bounce between two POVs so you really get to know both characters. It’s almost freakishly real, especially after Covid, but not too similar to the point where it’s particularly disturbing (in my opinion). Some parts of this book are disturbing, such as violence, the general nature of the “super-flu”, and a lot of bodies, but it’s also a post-apocalyptic story so it kinda comes with the package. The romance is subtle and not the main focus of the story which is also nice because, for once, the conflict in the story does not revolve around being LGBTQ+. However, I do think it correctly addresses the concerns and conflicts that would arise as an LGBTQ+ person in the apocalypse. Overall, this book is well-written, emotional, balanced, and entertaining.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Child death, Homophobia, Murder, and Cursing

Minor: Antisemitism and Alcohol