Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Plot Against America by Philip Roth

8 reviews

gjanuska's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Murder and Mental illness

Minor: Cursing

stinekristin's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Antisemitism, Hate crime, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, and Death

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Deportation and Classism

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Kidnapping

mnatale100's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Hate crime, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicide, Gaslighting, Ableism, War, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Death, Mental illness, Cursing, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Police brutality

ahh_listen's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse

hannahjb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, Antisemitism, Murder, Violence, and Suicide

This book is set in an alternate reality where the us aligned itself with hitler, and is from the perspective of a Jewish boy in 1942 as a result there is a lot of antisemitism and racism as a representation of beliefs of fascists at this time ( and currently).

emilyb3343's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Antisemitism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

debookgeek's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Physical abuse