Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

25 reviews

paws_pages's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

I like the premise and I suspect the longer I sit on this the more the psychological intent will come into view. I think it is a grand metaphor!! 

However, I’m glad this was such a quick read because some of it was pretty rough. 

like: 

“Pa does not hear the scream over the engine. Ma dresses the wound, but Pa takes his shotgun and leaves the house.” 


It’s a quick read, and probably meant to be deeper than I plan to think about, but the plot left a lot to be desired, the ending left a lot of holes, and I wanted more answers! 
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

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

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

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

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

enareil's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Blood, and Violence

gilroi's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

blood, menstruation, murder