Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Shutter by Ramona Emerson

38 reviews

julied's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

throwback682's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A young Navajo woman who can see ghosts works as a crime scene photographer and suspects her coworkers of dirty deeds. She has to simultaneously navigate her culture, family issues, and grief while being followed by angry ghosts bent on revenge who need her help. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, and Police brutality

The very opening scene of the book is an extremely detailed description of a body that’s been run over by numerous cars.

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.5

It only gets points for the kind of fun setting and indigenous rep, sorry 🤷‍♀️ otherwise I kinda hated it lol.

I did not enjoy reading it, I had to force myself to finish it for a book club, and I had sooo many issues with it that completely took me out of the story. Like her awful friends wtf??? They were horrible and I really hope they weren't inspired by the author's real friends lol. What kind of friends automatically ask if you've murdered someone or destroyed your own apartment?? I wanted to like the supernatural element, and it was one of the few things keeping me interested, but there could've been so much more done with it. I felt like a lot of the conversations, situations, and relationships just made no sense. I truly don't know how this was long listed for the National Book Prize. Like how.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Gore, Gaslighting, Death, Grief, Blood, Murder, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Colonisation, and Racism

Minor: Pedophilia, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

cjrayl's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.0

A mystery, fantasy/ghost driven, story with a strong background of native americans. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Deadnaming, Drug use, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia

tafeeeeee's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

4.0

It was oddly beautiful despite the subject material. I wish we learned more about what happened  to Rita after all she went through. It felt like the story was building up to this moment and then it was over and I didn't feel fulfilled. 

I did love the Indigenous representation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Blood, Gore, and Murder

zias's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

I enjoyed reading this book. I felt the pacing was enough to keep me interested and I loved reading about the cultural inclusion with the main character being a Navajo woman. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gore, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence and Suicide

mynameisrebecca's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death, Blood, Racism, Gore, Murder, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Xenophobia

lizzyfc's review against another edition

dark fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Child death

eicart_reads's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Racism, Colonisation, and Grief

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Drug use, Animal death, Terminal illness, and Bullying

bluegrassreader's review against another edition

mysterious 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

Picked this up on a whim and it became one of my favorite books ever. As a photographer I love how much that was an aspect of the story and of the central character. I really enjoyed Emerson’s writing style, and found that the book had some very poignant things to say about life, loss, grief and death. 

I found the relationship between Rita and her Grandmother to be very touching and relatable. I also enjoyed the way the book explored Native American culture and some of the good and bad things about life on a reservation in today’s time. A very good book. Excited to see the author’s future work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Car accident