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The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

13 reviews

wordsareworlds's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book starts off so strongly, and has an amazing premise. But for me, the structure of it being a kind of memoir told to the narrator we meet first didn't work particularly well. It ended up feeling like more of a prologue than the first of a trilogy, and the style made me feel too removed from Molly and the emotions she was feeling throughout. 

Oddly, it may have worked better as a short story, where we didn't have quite so many moments in Molly's life explained and the identity of the person at the start a bigger reveal at the end. I may pick up the other two in the trilogy, but I'm not particularly anxious to do so. I do believe that the story could work very well for people who aren't alienated by the framework.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Self harm, Suicide, Sexual content, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Cancer, and Terminal illness

charleysketches's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Body horror

Minor: Sexual content

keen's review

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Fire/Fire injury

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

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

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

jindjarin's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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

this story developed in my mind into a goddamn movie. the details makes you imagine everything from the main characters view rather than 3rd person. the stoic and numb style of speech and detailing is perfect and makes sense once you become used to her personality and life experiences. 

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Content Warnings

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

_fallinglight_'s review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Storygraph kept recommending this book to me and I gotta thank the algorithm that knows me better than I do bc I wouldn't have heard of this book otherwise and it would've been a real shame. It's right up my alley! Dark, gruesome, sad, and darkly funny. I read this in like 3 hours and idk maybe that's not fast for other folk but it's definitely fast for me who just spent almost two weeks on a reread lmao! There's a lot of deep stuff on death and birth and life and existence in this nonstop novella. It's perfect for anyone going through emo days and questioning the value or pointlessness of our existence and how never being is the better outcome. The majority of people might not agree on this but I dig it, honestly. Molly is so deliciously messed up! I love her, which makes the ending so sad for me. How can I not relate with a homeschooled only child who h words kids? 😂 Maybe that explains a lot about me...But anywho. I really liked the story and the concept if not why it happened (the mom's Soviet (?) secret agent spy mission something) if that makes sense. Also the writing is kinda cool but there were some weird situations and at points was kinda pretentious. But overall it was a mysterious, weirdly funny at points, dark read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Vomit, Self harm, Medical content, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual content, and Excrement