Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Murder on Balete Drive by Kajo Baldisimo, Budjette Tan

5 reviews

kdheart's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Sexual content, Rape, and Violence

justinareads's review

dark mysterious fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It’s a hard edged supernatural detective book set in Manila, Philippines with the protagonist Alexandra Trese solving crimes having to do with creatures from Filipino folklore

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

This book is definitely aimed at teen to older in content. It’s very hard edged and the conclusions of each case aren’t always happy. There’s plenty of violence, sex and other unsavoury things as one would expect from a supernatural crime book. It’s not perfect but there’s a lot to enjoy. I plan to read all the volumes as they slowly come out in North America.

pamshenanigans's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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I don't remember when I read Trese the first time, but I do remember adoring it so much. This re-read is brought by the amazing Netflix adaptation (which I've yet to finish!)

Amazing comic book series that has stood the test of time. It features myths, culture, legends, and traditions that are purely and unapologetically Filipino.

Trigger/Content Warnings: murder, gore, death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Death

bookishjournal1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content