Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Linn ja linn by China Miéville

24 reviews

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I thought the setting was fascinating, and the way the thought processes of the characters navigating the city are handled was really well done. However the actual mystery wasn't that interesting or surprising, and I felt like the story kind of fell apart once more information about

Breach

was revealed.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Racism, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

jaroszynski's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Murder

fermentedsorcerer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Incredibly elegant and exciting plot with a mystery that makes it hard to put down. There’s nothing else like this book, it’s perfect. Easily in my top 10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Deportation

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Alcohol

franceshh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Police brutality

beanusminimus's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

hauban's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Police brutality, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Racism and Antisemitism

sapphicbookdragon's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

2.75

This is a somewhat-good book which I deeply disliked. It's about power and control over people in a very bizarre Orwellian way: just call "Breach" a "Big Brother [Is] Watching You." (I started rooting for the unificationists and "breaching" foreigners and locals.) It's well-written, but the main themes are depressing. Without spoiling the ending with specifics, I will say the ending is unsatisfying and frustrating (to me, personally). There's little to no character development, and the protagonist stays in his box. Seeing and "unseeing" are large-scale brainwashing upon the population(s) and any visitors (who must complete "trainings" before being allowed entry to either city-state). I couldn't believe the level of acceptance and adherence to their rules or understand why it all matters, other than to control and isolate people - and, possibly, to get away with murder.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Car accident, and Murder

evakonic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Murder, and War

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Antisemitism

runefactories's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Gun violence and Police brutality

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Murder

Minor: Antisemitism and War