Reviews tagging 'Death'

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

11 reviews

kirstym25's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

bookwormcat's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Violence

machenn's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Alcoholism, Death, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

blewballoon's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

There is a lot of unpleasantness in this story. Most of the characters are terrible people, the atmosphere is bleak, and there's a sense of isolation for the main character as she deals with a lot of difficulties alone. I did like her, she's smart and she fights back as hard as she can when faced with any kind of attack, mental or physical. If it weren't for her strength of spirit, the book would have been rough to get through. I didn't care for the romance, though. Overall, not as appealing as Rebecca but it does build a strong sense of atmosphere and the prose is well done.

Bit of unfortunate implication for the albino person to be evil, even with the main character trying to remind herself not to be creeped out by his appearance before he's revealed as the villain

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty

gloriazthompson's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This was just too dark and depressing for too long, and I didn't care for the romance (at all).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Domestic abuse

phantomgecko's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Dark, mysterious, upsetting. The twist

the albino being the kingpin

was predictable, but that's not a criticism.

All the paganism stuff seemed really rushed, though, so Francis's motivations weren't exactly fleshed out. Like, I knew he was behind things, but I still don't really know why.

My biggest complaint, tbh, was the narrator of the audiobook was a guy. I never felt connected to Mary because the voice he gave her was ridiculous. idk why a novel with a female protagonist was narrated thus, but oh well.

All in all, it's no Rebecca but still alright. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Domestic abuse

yolanda_h's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

booksandmo's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Violence

josieruby1's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Violence

Several uses of the g***y slur

minxtte's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism