Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Toutes les nuances de la nuit by Chris Whitaker

294 reviews

mcwbernard's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder

jenhfultz's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

cmhanisco's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

kacykay's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

alixcallender's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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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Beautiful prose, but I bit…overdone. I wasn’t sure what exactly I was supposed to care about, so some of the details were lost on me. Chapter endings that were clearly meant to be revelatory and profound often left me feeling a bit confused. Could have used a LOT of editing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Violence, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

Minor: Incest, Rape, Alcohol

carotx's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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Didn’t love part of the conclusion but overall liked it. Well written 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Alcohol

jess_polishedcomma's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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"Giving a man a badge and a gun doesn't mean you've given him the moral code to use either correctly."


This is a loooong book. It felt too long in many places, even though it was very beautifully written. It was a very long arc of seeking justice/revenge, discovery, and secrets. I wasn't intentionally skimming, even when I got to the end, and I felt like it wrapped up so many loose ends that I didn't know existed that I got lost.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Abortion, Pregnancy

Minor: Violence

jevette15's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy

Minor: Incest, Stalking

maura_w's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Murder

katy_bee's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-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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This was a strange book in some ways- the story was convoluted and not very realistic in how everything tied up. For the first half or so, I found myself wondering what the main "story" would be. Also a lot of the characters voices and outlooks were similar. 

However, I did find it compelling. I did find the characters loveable and I did want to know what happened to them. I liked that it told the stories of people who had experienced difficulties and made mistakes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol