Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley

5 reviews

flyingryndeer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, War, Pregnancy, Blood, Animal death, Death, Racism, Death of parent, and Child death

Moderate: Drug use, Abortion, and Drug abuse

Minor: Sexual content

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Infidelity, Body horror, Classism, Blood, Gore, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Cursing

carolined314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

This has such beautiful crystalline writing, on such a tragic tale 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Gore, Body horror, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

octopus_farmer's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-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

3.0

She really scrambled it up, but in a compelling way. It’s extremely dream-like. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Animal death, Stalking, Police brutality, Infidelity, Eating disorder, and Confinement

Minor: Addiction

sebrittainclark's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Abortion, Infidelity, Rape, and Torture