Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Diavola by Jennifer Thorne

20 reviews

szyca's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abortion, Sexual content, Self harm, Blood, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

lorenipsum's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, Gaslighting, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Murder

kerishma's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Rape

Minor: Abortion

jenmtnbike's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Blood, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Murder

louiepotterbook's review

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Bullying, Child death, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

mooreeg2's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

Prior to reading the book it gives you the Warning: "May invoke feelings of irritation, dread, and despair that come with large family gatherings."  I've never heard something more accurate.  60% of the time I was so annoyed with this family dynamic and I wanted to yell at them! The other 40% was me wanting the MFC to stand up for herself a little more, or maybe more directly.  Of course, these characters needed to be who they were for the story to unfold the way it did.   

Nothing about this book is what I thougt would be and it was refreshing.  The story starts off with what appears to be a typical, at least for this family, family vacation and slowly morphs into the vacation of nightmares.  

If you want a haunted family vacation in Italy, read this book.  

My only dislike was the ending. It was a good ending! But I wanted a little more detail and closure/ follow-up with certain family members.  It felt a little open-ended.  

There are a few triggers, but nothing extreme. Most of these area  briefly mentioned with no great detail.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Murder, Vomit, Violence, Suicide, Abortion, and Medical trauma

cassieopeia's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Violence, Abortion, Alcohol, Death, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

clairebonney's review

dark tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Cursing

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, and Infertility

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cursing, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Child death, Abortion, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Sexual harassment

felifirefly's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Self harm

Minor: Abortion