Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Pestilence by Laura Thalassa

49 reviews

localghhost's review

adventurous funny slow-paced

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

2.25

I almost did not finish this one, as I felt the plot was painfully slow at times. Also, for most of the book, I could not for the life of me enjoy Pestilence as a character. 

I know this is enemies to lovers but it never really felt that way to me. I couldn’t figure out a way that Sarah could possibly fall in love with Pestilence after he DRAGGED HER BEHIND HIS HORSE?!! Like, that’s a bit much for me. Also, I’m not a huge fan of female leads who *aren’t like other girls*. 

Sarah’s character really just did not vibe with me overall. I’ve read this whole series now and this is by far my least favorite. I do think they get better as you go on though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Torture, and Body horror

quirkykay's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Body horror, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Toxic relationship

chocokinoko's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Kidnapping, Grief, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

lisashelves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Hate crime, Gore, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Genocide

Moderate: Sexual assault

bedtimesandbooks's review

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

allyareads's review against another edition

1.0

To quote Alyssa Edwards “What the fuck is going on here on this day?” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Kidnapping, Gore, Body horror, Animal death, Blood, Abandonment, and Death

queerloras's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Can definitely tell its the first book in the series as author is still finding her stride.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Abandonment, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Body horror, Death, Murder, Stalking, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Blood, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, and Trafficking

lannahreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

3.75 ☆'s
Stockholm Syndrome: The Novel.  What a wonderful time. Enjoyable read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment

karmascycles's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

"I never asked for your vengeance, I asked for your mercy."

This was the most surprising book I've read in a while. I chose to read this solely based off the cheesy sexy-man cover and discovered that it was actually a serious novel that was often depressing as hell. The summary had me thinking it was definitely going to be a dumb erotica about Sara shaking some ass to distract Pestilence from destroying the world. Instead I found a book that (despite Sara's often cringey stupid inner dialogue) had complex themes centered around the good and evil in humanity, mental trauma and how it can affect your actions, the inability to choose who we love while despising what they are doing around you. The toxicity of their Romance kept this book aflame while the TEARS it sprung from my eyes during the death scenes kept the fires from spreading too far. I mean MY GOD! I thought I was in for some dumb sexy ass shaking and instead I am left lying awake at night questioning the inherent nature of mankind?! HUH?? The way that this author made it so that both characters had their deeply set natures, fully enemies to each other: to heal and to kill, but yet torment them throughout the book to where they both question which they are, their ties to humanity, and their purpose going forward. I am floored.

Oh and the spice was nice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic relationship, Child death, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Murder, Gun violence, and Grief

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual harassment

isabellesimone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Which is saying a lot since I love nearly every book I’ve read. A wonderful idea for a book and great execution. This book made me examine my own humanity while throughly enjoying myself while reading. I literally couldn’t put it down. I truly can’t wait to read the rest of the series because I am now sucked into the apocalyptic world of the Four Horseman. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Child death, Confinement, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Rape