Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski

20 reviews

jamelchior's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Bullying, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Stalking

zombiezami's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Intersexism

sororsomni's review

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Misogyny, Gun violence, Murder, and Kidnapping

frmeden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Stalking, Child death, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Infertility, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Terminal illness, and Transphobia

nrogers_1030's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I found some of it to be long-winded. I didn’t feel it was necessary to have back stories on everyone — including the people that discovered the remains. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Child death, Abandonment, Car accident, Gore, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Murder, Grief, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Misogyny, Infertility, Death, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pedophilia

whosfernn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

It's been a while since I read a crime novel, and I'm a big fan of them so I thought I'd enjoy this. It was a good book, but for some reason I just wasn't feeling it. I couldn't get into it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape, Lesbophobia, Murder, Drug use, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Transphobia

The d slur (used against lesbians) is used once in this book by a male character. If you're not comfortable with this, I recommend not reading this book.

racheloddment's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Confinement, Torture, Sexism, Kidnapping, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Homophobia

aus10england's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

This was allllll over the place for me, I think due to the large cast of characters whose POV’s you read from. The main twists I feel like I almost missed because they happened so fast and didn’t really have me on the edge of my seat. I thought that

Dale’s reason for being a killer didn’t make much sense either.

I will say, the book was fantastically written, poetic at times. You could also tell the author was familiar with the strip club setting, and that was confirmed at the end of my audiobook when we find out she worked at one in the past! So that was some good insight. Anyway, less POV’s and better twists would have enhanced the enjoyment of this story for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Racism

julesandjude's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

Noir-Krimi im Rotlichtmilieu, in dem die Tänzerinnen die Hauptpersonen sind

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1999 irgendwo in den Südstaaten der USA. Samantha, die schon seit vier Jahren im Stripclub "Lovely Lady" tanzt, mischt sich normalerweise nicht in die Angelegenheiten der anderen Tänzerinnen ein. Doch eines Abends nimmt sie sich der neuen Tänzerin Lady Jade an. Als Samantha sie nach Hause fährt, wird ihr Wagen von der Straße abgedrängt und als später die Polizei an der Unfallstelle eintrifft, findet diese die Leiche von Lady Jade, doch von Samantha fehlt jede Spur. Die folgende Suche nach dem Täter und Samantha, deren Leiche ebenfalls später gefunden wird, wird von Detektivin Holly geleitet und gestaltet sich schwierig, da der Kreis der Verdächtigen groß ist. Eine weitere wichtige Rolle bei den Ermittlungen spielt später auch Georgia, eine weitere Tänzerin im Lovely Lady.

Der Thriller wird aus Sicht mehrerer handelnder Charaktere erzählt, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf Samantha, Georgia, Detektivin Holly sowie dem Täter gelegt wird. Auch wenn es dank der Charakternamen als Kapitelüberschriften es einem erleichtert wird, den Überblick über die wechselnden Perspektiven zu behalten, hätte der Erzählfluss und der Spannungsbogen davon profitiert, wenn sich der Perspektivenwechsel auf die oben genannten Charaktere beschränkt hätte. Die Kapitel der anderen (Neben)Charaktere trugen nämlich eher nicht zur Handlung und Charakterentwicklung bei, auch wenn diese kurz gehalten wurden.
Trotz der Thriller und Noir-Krimi-Elemente (Nachtclubsetting, Korruption, zynische Antihelden) stehen im Mittelpunkt des Romans die Tänzerinnen. Die realistische Darstellung ihres Alltags in einem Stripclub und ihr Privatleben ermöglichen es, einen Blick hinter die Kulissen einer für die meisten unbekannten Welt zu werfen. Bei der Beschreibung konnte Marie Rutkoski hierbei auf eigene Erfahrungen als Tänzerin in ähnlichen Etablissements zurückgreifen, was den authentischen Eindruck verstärkte.

"Real Easy" ist alles in allem ein fesselnder Mix aus Thriller und Charakterstudie. Im Vordergrund stehen dabei die weiblichen Charaktere mit all ihren Sorgen und Hoffnungen, der den Krimi besonders und lesenswert macht.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

kaylinvm94's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Murder