Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Recursion by Blake Crouch

57 reviews

katiesbeengone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, and Dementia

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Torture, Murder, Blood, Grief, Violence, Child death, Cursing, and Self harm

Minor: Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, and Addiction

xosirenox's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Suicide, Medical content, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

emmaopaline's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

ncm5228's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

If you like the movie Inception, this book is for you!  One of the best I’ve read in a while. At the same time, be aware of the content warnings- it is definitely not a light read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Self harm, Child death, Mass/school shootings, Genocide, Violence, Murder, and Medical content

Minor: Dementia, Drug use, and Blood

While lots of horrific things mentioned in the content warnings do occur, it is not the main focus of the book at all, so unless the mention of certain things is especially triggering to you, don’t let the content warnings fully dissuade you from reading the book!

bobbi's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Dementia, and Child death

efratmaor's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

With all the hype, I was still happily surprised how good this book is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, and War

Minor: Dementia, Drug use, Murder, and Mass/school shootings

nataliebootlah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

“’That’s my pitch. Can I count you in?’ Helena looked across the table with a razor-blade smile. ‘You can get fucked.’” 

False Memory Syndrome has plagued the country. People are nearing insanity as real and false memories cloud their minds. After failing to save a woman unable to decipher between the two, detective Barry Sutton begins searching for the truth. And what he finds is certainly not what he expected.

Helena Smith has dedicated her life to developing a technology that will capture the memories of those, like her beloved mother, suffering from Alzheimer’s. When she receives the unending funding to make it actually possible, it doesn’t go quite as planned.

You don’t get this type of science friction often — a mind-bending look at memory loss and how we might change it. It’s a vortex of good versus evil. And although the ending was a bit redundant and dragged out, the majority of the book was a fast-paced, alternating-POV race against time itself.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Dementia, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Suicide, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, and Body horror

jojo_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Dementia, Violence, War, Child death, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Blood, Car accident, Gun violence, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction and Vomit

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Normally I enjoy sci-fi set in a “real world” but I couldn’t get my head around this concept. Just not the book for me. It also had a lot of trigger warnings (suicide/violence) that were difficult and caused me to have to put down but I also wanted to push through because so many have loved this book. I didn’t feel like it was worth finishing but glad I tried it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Self harm, Death, and Suicide attempt