Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Schiffbruch mit Tiger by Yann Martel

34 reviews

sonlight21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

2.5

This book was very interesting. I enjoyed the beginning but the farther I got the darker and more gruesome it went. I can understand how this reflects the descent of the mind as a survivor stranded on the ocean will do anything just to live but it was very hard to read. The end is very disturbing and I skimmed over most of the second story Pi tells. 

It is truly an interesting book but please be aware of the content warnings and go in expecting some weird, challenging and dark things. 

Another note is I did not enjoy or appreciate how this book portrayed religion or Christianity. It seems to be written by someone who has studied religion form the outside but never been apart of it and does not understand it nor believe in God.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Dysphoria

__olivia__'s review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.25

Disclaimer: I read this book for school.

My overall experience of this book was underwhelming. Pi's perspective was unique though sometimes contradictory (like why would he say that believing in God is like choosing the better story if he is a highly devoted religious person who truly believes in God? Is he saying that he is only religious because it's a "better story?"). Those thoughts aside, part one was way too long. I get that Pi's knowledge on zookeeping and such aided the story's verisimilitude, but did it really need to be 36 chapters? Part two was weird, and that's all I'll say about that. Part three was by far my favourite. The chaos of the Japanese businessmen and Pi's interactions was everything, and I liked how it all tied together in the end.
I appreciate the ideas and themes that Yann Martel explored throughout this novel, but I guess I'll save those thoughts for my essay... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism and Murder

madinhoa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

antoinettem04's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

lovelyannalee's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lauren_holtry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

uhm_kai's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This book will make you think about a lot of things in life - and question why we tell certain versions of stories. Would absolutely recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Murder

sternchenauge's review against another edition

2.0

I enjoyed parts of this book and some parts even made me chuckle. But overall it was way to gory and graphic for, making me feel nauseous multiple times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Murder

rory_john14's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Alcohol

lindenblatt's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism and Murder