Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

21 reviews

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

anger566's review against another edition

dark 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

3.25

Really interesting concept.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Self harm

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

jessie_b's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

sucreslibrary's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

inmegslibrary'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

pauliina_thebookaholicdreamer's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Self harm, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Body horror, and Blood