Reviews tagging 'Death'

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

112 reviews

haileymundell's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, and Death

anna_schlaberpuff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

jemmo's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

taylor_perry's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Stalking and Gore

vikkkkz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

okay.. what the actual fuck???
i'm fucking flabbergasted

the book started quite 'normal' and there was nothing too special about it. 
The writing style was good, i really liked it actually. good and kinda easy to read considering it's literature (and a book my school chose to read) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Murder, and Stalking

applesodaperson's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The best way to put it is that this book was straight up nasty. Like seriously it is not for the faint of heart, or people who don't like gross smells being described in detail. Because most of this book was just descriptions of smells. But also the writing was incredible, and it wasn't too hard to follow the story. I liked that there were sections from the pov of other people besides the main character, because as a psychopath, his inner monologue is pretty repetitive. But overall this book was just unhinged. It is like if there was a comic book supervillain whose power is having a supernatural sense of smell. He seriously is just a little freak from the moment he is born. And it was honestly really interesting that he himself did not have a smell. That is just something I have never heard or thought about before.

And holy cow the ending was absolutely off the wall. I am of course referencing the execution scene where he literally smells so good that everyone starts a giant orgy. I surprised me so much that I was literally laughing out loud on my walk home from school.

This is just an unhinged book but I genuinely had such a fun time reading it.
Listened to on Libby.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Torture

theremightbecupcakes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death, and Torture

rain_blackbird's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Torture, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, and Murder

amemir's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Stalking, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Classism, Gaslighting, Death, Child death, Bullying, Alcohol, and Addiction

Moderate: Abandonment, Xenophobia, and Ableism

tkwituik1999's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Death, and Sexual content