Reviews with content warning for Murder - Tampa

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elwhits's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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betwixtbooks's review

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

2.5

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chuckyinspace's review

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challenging dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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12_gon's review

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dark funny sad medium-paced

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

3.0

It's a gender-swapped 'Lolita', but swap Humbert's slick talking with Celeste Price's sex appeal. Celeste Price is just a pretty white lady who loves molesting teenage boys. Through benevolent sexism and sheer lust from others, she evades major punishment and any real accountability.

I assume Alissa Nutting's message with the book is a feminist one, showing that women and men can be equally depraved. Although the tone of the book indicates a sly self-awareness, tempting the reader to ponder if Nutting takes some glee in knowing that Price and many women can hide their culpability behind their gender. But I'm just a girl uWu, not a predator. Where men are naturally seen as aggressors, women are seen as submissive and lacking autonomy. As goes the patriarchy I suppose. This patriarchal, binary view of justice alleviates women of mens rea. Behind all great men, including those who achieved great evil, are great women... so it's really his fault cause I'm just a girl <3

It's a good book, but the message is tiresome to me and I imagine to anyone else exhausted by overvaluation of gender in most every interaction we have. Plus I do think 'Lolita' is seen as most to be pro-child sexual abuse, so whenever you try to bring it up in conversation, you'll spend 5-15 minutes explaining how the book doesn't actively encourage people to molest kids to some one who has totally read the book (/s). So it's nice to have an alternative book, with a similar message to avoid the stupidity of dishonest people.

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thatgamertiffani's review

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dark medium-paced

3.25

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la_karina1818's review

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dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

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deltaofneptune's review

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Upsetting read. There are superficial comparisons to Lolita, as they breach the same subject, but this book is much more of a laborious read due to ~~sexual content~~ that is markedly absent from Lolita. At no moment is the reader unaware of the sub/conscious drives that inform this predator's actions. Theres no relief from the protagonists depravity, the whole book is dedicated to her chase. The reader is painfully aware against their will of her predilections (explicitly). Her actions are premeditated, calculated, and shrewd.

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