Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

33 reviews

erinbarton's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

5.0

first tried to read this back in dec 2021, got 50 pages in and gave up because i was bored and worried about going into a reading slump and not reaching my reading goal for the year

over a year later, i gave this another go after reading the rest of moshfegh’s work and enjoying all of them, especially eileen. the timing for giving this another go was just right - i read the whole book in one day and so didn’t mind the slow pace and just allowed myself to get swept up in the character’s inner monologue and imagined mystery. 

this was such an interesting read with so many clues peppered throughout. the main character was such an unreliable narrator, while following her “investigation” you also come across more questions of your own, the main one being — how much of this is actually real?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Murder

casey_adrian's review against another edition

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

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Misogyny, and Fatphobia

Minor: Murder

kelleywithanextrae's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, and Child death

akadie's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-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

2.75

At first I stopped reading the book, because it started slow and then made quite a few fat phobic comments that I did not see the point in. However, the other reviews on here intrigued me to at least continue a little further. After finishing the Story, it is really interestingly written. However still a rather slow development with the fat phobia continuing throughout.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Death, and Grief

x_lola_rose_x's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I feel like I'm going to have to read this again one day with everybody's theories in mind!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Infidelity, and Murder

anoukrobbeets's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Animal death

Minor: Murder

framedflower's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Murder, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

jourdanicus's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

Uhhhhh... not sure where I stand on this one. Moshfegh is a queen of unreliable narration and unlikeable characters, that's for sure.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Fatphobia, and Animal death

Minor: Misogyny and Cancer

mvonmalmborg's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

i can see why good book i just don’t like moshfeghs writing. like i’m constantly confused and feel like i’m missing out on a joke??? just assumed myorar was like an overhyped book but definitely an author issue. soz besties i wanted to love her too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Death, and Mental illness

daretoread's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Suicide, Murder, and Abortion