Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Steven

66 reviews

sonjalooovesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

One of my favorite books I've read this year! A good mix of fantasy and horror/murder mystery while having wlw rep! 

I loved the vibe of the book and the ending was very much to my liking!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal cruelty, Murder, and Animal death

deadgirlwalking23's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.0

Slay (literally)
Moody sapphic dark academia? What more could i ask for

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Physical abuse, Animal death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

reb_curt's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Sexual violence and Suicide

spookieweston's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

I support women’s wrongs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

poppylikesreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Self harm, Murder, and Suicide

fe_aye's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

I really did not like this book, Lottie got on my nerves more than anything else, and given half the book is from her perspective this really dampened my enjoyment of the book. I will say that the ending was actually quite good, surprisingly, and is probably the only reason I rated this as highly as I did. It’s a bit shallow but ultimately harmless. 

I did however like Alice, she was the main thing that kept me reading. This story was intriguing enough to keep me engaged but not really enough for me to be entertained. Some moments are simply jarring because it’s not exactly clear how characters come to the conclusions they do. The romance was rushed but not the worst thing in the world, a forgivable kind of bad, like straight people have crap romance stories so here’s a gay one to even the score slightly. 

Ultimately I probably won’t read again, but I did manage to finish this book regardless of my distain for one of the central characters, the narration style is very easy to read so if you want something not exactly brilliant but enough to keep your attention a little while this is probably it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, and Misogyny

Moderate: Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Blood, and Self harm

lilworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

ashlislibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Suicide

julietthague's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

helloooooo, where is the hype for this?? let me convince you in a few words: wlw. female rage. thriller / murder mystery with a supernatural touch. slow burn. dark academia. grumpy/sunshine. only one bed scene.
this book was the perfect introduction into the dark-ish but not too dark books i want to read this autumn, loved it!
the only thing i wished for was a little more relief for the built tension between the mc's, but it's marketed as young adult so expecting that was my fault. otherwise it’s perfect!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Sexual assault