Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Parasite by Mira Grant

4 reviews

btemplet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Murder

espressoreader's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Car accident, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Xenophobia

typedtruths's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

i finished the oldest book on my goodreads tbr! it was only on there since... november 2013, yikes

▷ Representation: Dr Chase (sc) is a wheelchair user; Dezi (sc) is sapphic; Chaze (sc) is Black; Sherman (sc) is bi/pan.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug use and Car accident

Minor: Grief

➸ Trigger warnings for drugging, body horror, dead bodies, coerced medical treatment, procedures and experimentation, plague ('sleeping sickness'), coma recounted, minor grief and loss depiction, death of a friend (off-page), murder, gun violence, strangulation, hostage situation, car accident recounted, and loss of autonomy (medical guardianship/conservatorship).

bookbunnie's review

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Read this book if you’re looking for something kind of silly and not that deep, enjoy body horror, and like zombie-types. 

Don’t read this book if you get frustrated with a slow-on-the-uptake main character, are looking for a serious/hard medical thriller, and aren’t interested in engaging in some healthy suspension of disbelief. 

I enjoyed the main character’s strained relationship with a family she doesn’t remember, as well as the love of dogs in the book (none of them are harmed). 

The romantic relationship gets…questionable, but it’s a campy novel and not set up to please a creepy male audience so it isn’t a huge deal to me. 

I read this book quickly in a few days because it was so absurd that I was interested in where it was going to go. I enjoyed it for what it was, but I won’t be finishing the series because I feel that I got what I wanted out of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Car accident, Death, Violence, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, and Gun violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Slavery