Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

51 reviews

kaneebli's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

WARNING TO PEOPLE TRIGGERED BY ANIMAL CRUELTY AND DEATH:

I don't know why more people put "animal death" in the "minor" category for trigger warnings, but that's straight up not true.  there is animal death all throughout this book. MOST of the animal deaths are not super graphic, but dead animals are seen throughout the book from beginning to end. 

also, there is one animal death that i consider VERY graphic, along with graphic animal cruelty:

one of the scientists grabs a vulture and smashes it on the ground multiple times, and then throws it off to the side, where it is described as "twitching" and "dying" so you know it's a painful slow death.

so yeah i genuinely do not know why more people haven't listed the animal death in this book as "graphic" because i think it was pretty graphic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, Vomit, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and War

hedgehogreads01's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

By the time I finished, I couldn’t care less who’s the killer and what’s going on. Also for half of the audiobook I had hard time to remember who’s the elder, who’s not, and what are the connections between everyone.
2 stars for keeping me a bit engaged at the start.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

tamara_joy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

bethabes's review

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

littlelotto's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

letsy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: War and Pandemic/Epidemic

mythicca's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Super interesting world building, but it falls to the common dystopian trope of having one quirky girl be the hero.

The story has a nice pace that keeps you interested and shocking twists that makes you want more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

Moderate: Classism and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Death and Grief

bessadams's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

srakes2425's review against another edition

challenging mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder

lilybarna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense 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? Yes

3.75

I think if I read it in print I would’ve enjoyed it more, so I’m trying to account for that in my rating. The very very ending made it worth it to me, and the premise is so interesting and intricate which is what I love about turton’s writing, but it was hard to follow at times. The first plot twist I enjoyed, the main one less so, the final one I enjoyed again. I thought the narrator did great but the majority of main characters were female so I think it would’ve been easier to follow with multiple narrators or a female one! I guess moral is enjoyed the story, wouldn’t recommend as much in audio format.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Violence