Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

14 reviews

francisca_correia's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Violence, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Torture, Infertility, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Terminal illness

readingsofaslinky's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Self harm, Cancer, Child death, Murder, Confinement, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

mxpringle's review

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Cancer, Medical content, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Confinement, and Torture

Minor: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sarah984's review

dark mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

I liked the premise enough to try out the next one, but I thought the actual story was a bit weak. The Russian stereotypes were silly and I thought the true nature of Molly's power was a bit over the top. The clinical writing style mostly worked for me but it made it harder to understand the character in some ways too. How much of all that was biological imperative?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Blood, Death, Violence, Murder, Self harm, Death of parent, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Excrement, Animal death, Child death, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infertility, and Pedophilia

booknug's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Confinement, Death, and Medical content

kstericker's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Medical content, Grief, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

typedtruths's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Self harm, Violence, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical trauma, and Animal death

doomluz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

 I loved this. It was creepy and interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Murder, Self harm, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility and Sexual content

emmoore's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Self harm

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content