Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

197 reviews

laura_payne15's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious fast-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

4.5

Great story. There were some spots that didn’t make sense because the grammar or sentence structure was off but easy to figure out 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

persian_green's review

dark emotional reflective 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? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Rape, Pedophilia, and Child death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Blood

hannajewell's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Murder, Rape, and Death

books_and_coffee_vibes's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was really good and sad at the same time. I really felt the pain of the salmon family and I loved how I could follow their grieving. 

It was very realistic in the sense of not getting any closure. I also really enjoyed the fact that we are viewing it from Susie’s perspective and how she yearns to be with her family and make it right. 

It was a really good book and very sad. I really do feel sorry for what the characters went through but I’m glad they have managed to move on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder, Animal death, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Death, and Sexual assault

serein42's review

emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment and Violence

Minor: Animal death

greenan26's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Child death, Murder, and Death

alyse_turns_pages's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Child death, and Pedophilia

lovenecy's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book did not end well. There was no happy ending; no pretty little bow to tie everything up. I don’t like books that don’t end well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

emilyhooie22's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

"These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections— sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent— that happened after I was gone."

Up until this month (November 2023), I never knew The Lovely Bones movie was made from a book. I immediately knew I needed to read it. There was definitely more to the story. So much depth, sadness, answers, happiness, and the tragedy before, during, and aftermath of Susie's murder. Every new detail was heartbreaking. I couldn't stop reading. 

I'm so glad I read this book. What a beautiful outlook on life and death, and what we leave behind and where we go when we leave this world. 🥺

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence

abibliophilecalledbeth's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was so moving and emotional from start to finish and had me hooked the whole time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, and Murder