Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

52 reviews

leni_bxu's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad slow-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Torture, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Cancer, Gore, Gun violence, and Terminal illness

silverhill's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, Torture, and Gore

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Stalking, and Gun violence

Minor: Racism, Vomit, and Dementia

littleclerk's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and Murder

marimaria's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

I loved it! It was adventurous, intense, and emotional. I was very much invested in the characters, and I liked the simple worldbuilding.

Simply put, this is a book about a world with special magical books. They're priceless, valuable artifacts that people want to get their hands on--to be used for various purposes. The protagonist, Cassie, suddenly finds herself smack dab in the middle of this chaos.

Slight spoiler about the true nature of the main book:

This book also involves time travel. And offers a bit of philosophical discussion about the topic.

Some tropes I found in the book are: found family, and good vs. evil

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Gore, and Gun violence

cardlikecredit's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book. The concept is so interesting and well thought out. The interspersed magic into real life settings made for a fun read. I'm so hoping the ending is setting up for a series!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Cancer

lvr_17's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, and Body horror

vidotson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Misogyny, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Violence

lorit1227's review

emotional informative mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Murder, Torture, and Violence

meg_turnsthepage's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

It took me awhile to get into the book, then I’d be hooked and feel really into the story, and then  dropped off again. At times the story was fun and adventurous and then would take an abrupt dark turn that seemed too sudden, like it didn’t flow as well as it could. 

I liked how the book ended, it warmed my heart and brought everything together full circle.

 I listened to the audiobook and some of the accents seemed off at times which confused me. Some problematic language and racial slurs were used that had me saying to myself “did I hear that right?” Along with misogynistic themes that didn’t seem necessary.

Overall, I liked the storyline, enjoyed the friendships and bonds made between some of the characters, but the plot was choppy. The book had 5 star potential if the writing had edited out some unnecessary language and descriptions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Death, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Grief

vluv's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

This story was so beautiful and interesting. I loved all the characters and the plot was so interesting and unique. I was worried it would be too similar to the The Thousand Doors of January, but it was VERY different. The only reason it’s not a 5 is because there were a few scenes that were over explained and not necessary for plot development.

I also didn’t like the part that Cassie was the creator of the books in the end. Just seemed silly to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent