Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

23 reviews

heaven_leigh10's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

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

amandadevoursbooks's review

tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This is the first novella in a trilogy about molly southbourne. Every time Molly bleeds, her blood spawns a clone who then attempts to kill Molly. This is gritty, gory, and violent, and it takes place as Molly is growing up and heading off to school. I accidently read this one second. 

It is a hard book for me to give a rating on. I am glad I read it. It was well-written. I didn't find it deeply meaningful, and it asked more questions than it answered. BUT in the trilogy. It makes sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, and Murder

wlwism's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Body horror, Murder, Death, and Death of parent

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