Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Wyspa kobiet morza by Lisa See

86 reviews

greymalkin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Evocative and immersive, with characters that feel like real people.  The story itself is a hard one though, with many difficult and brutal events that made me keep reading compulsively- not so much because I lost track of time but because they were so stressful and upsetting that I had to keep reading to know that all hope was not lost.   I learned so much about that area and historical incidents that I wasn't aware of, and a deeply fascinating tradition. 

The reason for the fracture in their friendship was legitimate and seeing the way that the war atrocities of others poisoned them for so long was heartbreaking.  I really felt for the characters and I was pleased that there was no "magical solution", just the everyday grace of people trying to live their lives under unspeakably difficult conditions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and War

Minor: Rape

mzynda's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad 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

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Colonisation, and War

claireemma23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful and devastating deep dive into the friendship between two haenyeo divers and the turbulent history of Jeju. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

imogenrose97's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Technically this is a beautifully researched, informative and interesting book. Emotionally and prose wise I struggled to find a light which would help me get through it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape

abbeysoffel's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, and War

khrystalynne's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Child death

azilisssss's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Vomit and Pregnancy

bahamyulala's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

jordanrisa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative sad 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? Yes

4.5

I learn more about history from historical fiction like these than books from school. Learned so much about the history island of Jeju and the incredible haenyeos (look them up!!) as well as Japanese colonialism and the US’ involvement in the Korean War while engrossed in a beautiful, heartbreaking story highlighting culture, friendship, loss, and forgiveness. Slow at times, but well worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death and Domestic abuse

lizzieloo's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Murder