Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Toutes les nuances de la nuit by Chris Whitaker

301 reviews

kuharski990's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Violence, Abortion

Minor: Rape

faithemt's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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highly disappointing. Much preferred We Begin at the End by same author. 
this dragged on, was redundant in spots and took forever to resolve. LOTS of editing errors and even geographical ones (palmetto trees do NOt grow in mountains!! they're a seaside tree hahah). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation

Minor: Abortion

megaan10's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder

jmsutterley's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder

chrisiant's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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I don’t usually go for thrillers but this was a solid recommendation and so much more complicated than I expected. The writing was poetic and hooked me from page one, and holy cats the twists and turns. It was so much more epic than I was expecting!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Domestic abuse

harleyglynn's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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"Saint wanted to ask what it was like, to lose the thing that defined you. But perhaps she knew: it left you someone else. A stranger you had no choice but to tolerate, and see each day and feel and fear."

As is to be expected of Chris Whitaker, this was masterfully written. Tragic and traumatic and beautiful and raw. So deeply complex. This story is engaging on so many levels. A serial killer mystery layered over complicated small-town relationships that span decades that will have you devouring chapters. While the mystery is the driving force of the novel, and will have you as completely obsessed with solving it as the main characters, the artfully crafted, intricately connected stories around the mystery are what truly bring this novel to life.  Be prepared to cycle through a broad range of emotions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

readbygillian's review against another edition

4.25

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Classism

edhyndman's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury

in_the_forest_of_novels's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Murder

missmakaela's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy