Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

128 reviews

wynnie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Gun violence and Medical content

Minor: Torture, Self harm, Vomit, and Suicide

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

I’ve had this book for a while and just got around to reading.  Naturally, I went into it knowing nothing, as one does.  To say it was not what I was expecting was an understatement.  The plot did have a promise, there were some things that seemed all too realistic in a horror-ish paranoid way.  The setting was done nicely at least.

Honestly, most of what I didn’t like was the ending.  We got no answers for anything really, and it left with absolutely no resolution.  It just felt like it was dragged out and then it just ended.  The switching POV I normally really like just didn’t work for me; they just seemed too close to one another and a few pages in I’d forget which character it even was.

(First Person POV)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Genocide, Death, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Torture, Body horror, Gore, Blood, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, Confinement, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Ableism, Vomit, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Cursing, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, War, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, and Eating disorder

vigil's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Abandonment, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, and Suicide

amberghinii's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Murder, Body horror, Child death, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

indigoriverboat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This book was riveting and a quick read. The characters are compelling and flawed with warring needs and perspectives. The book shifts narrators a few times with amazing effect. The book deals with heavy themes and it is hard to tell who is trustworthy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Murder and Death

tiredtori's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Violence, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Gore

Minor: Emotional abuse, Grief, Drug use, Vomit, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

joannacruz's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent

sapphire_dreams's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

This is literally one of the best books I ever read!! It’s chilling, dark and kinda a coming of age. I ADORED the characters and the whole story was so well constructed. The whole of Raxter and the dynamic between the girls was SO GOOD!! I genuinely loved it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Torture, Death, Genocide, Gore, Blood, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Self harm, and Abandonment

mizareads13's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Was disappointed there's no sequel because I don't feel like they really explained the

reason why Raxter as a place was so toxic to the point they got all these girls dying from puberty like??? wtf is up with that???? and then the fact that they left the ending soooo ambiguous too. idk i feel like more could've been done with this story

it could've been a whole series really, but it is what it is

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

starstruuk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Murder, Death, and Gore

Minor: Vomit