Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

70 reviews

kristicanread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Murder

daintydoe's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

Very interesting read. Kept me guessing. Easy read and captivating characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Addiction

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

WHAT did I just read?! I LOVE HERRRRRR. Victor Lavalle is everything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Transphobia, Animal death, and Racism

Minor: Child death and Sexual content

cosmic333's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, and Animal death

Minor: Transphobia and Deadnaming

grimdark_dad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Violence, Alcohol, Slavery, Gore, Racism, Confinement, Gun violence, Blood, and Cursing

ahhhreadzombiez's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Transphobia, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Deadnaming, and Emotional abuse

nnnghhh's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Transphobia

mtnest's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Gun violence, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Cursing, Child death, Alcohol, and Confinement

bookishkellyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

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

4.0

Adelaide settles in the small town of Big Sandy, MT with a concealed “demon”. Her custodial burden is both a blessing and a curse as she encounters new characters. I liked the blending of history and horror, but the demon’s origin reveal underwhelmed me.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Racial slurs

jourdanicus's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I'd heard of this book before, and once it was recommended to me by a friend I decided to give it a go.

I really enjoyed the themes of this story, the "casual" diversity (not bending over backwards to fit diverse characters in and not sacrificing their humanity for their identity aka tokenizing them), the character depth, and more. I loved the setting, both time and place. I think the 1910s need more attention in a world of historical fiction that focuses so heavily on the WWII era.

The plot was a little scattered I think, maybe it was more difficult for me to keep track of everything because I was listening on audio. It seemed like the depth of some elements of the plot was sacrificed for the sake of breadth, and the author's attempt at trying to give every character a backstory left me with some questions about the more main characters' motivations. The author did pretty well weaving together all the loose ends, but it took a little while to get there.

If you like a bit of horror, don't mind gore, and need your characters (even the monsters) to be deeply humanized, this is a book for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Death, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Gun violence, and Deadnaming

Minor: Sexual content, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Slavery, and Vomit