Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

182 reviews

hyphae's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Violence, Abortion, Rape, Murder, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Religious bigotry

hihicass's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Colonisation, Death, Classism, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Gore, and Sexual assault

th3bookthief's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, War, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, and Blood

atunk15's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Murder

Minor: Abortion

janey_bones's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

I loved this book so much. The writing is beautiful and oftentimes poetic. The imagery is beautifully done but also the horror is incredible. This gives Haunting of Hill House vibes but with much more story and detail! 🕯️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Xenophobia, Body horror, Violence, Murder, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Abortion

josefina_na's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Colonisation and Abortion

Minor: Rape

chy_brandt's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Starts slow but the back half is incredible. I'll think about this one for a while 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Colonisation and Murder

Minor: Rape

linzlee's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Murder, Death, Grief, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, War, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death

noshakira's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I absolutely loved this book. It's equal parts spooky, empowering, and romantic. It perfectly captures the feelings, both good and bad, when you walk into a space that feels like it is living. Typically, I dislike period pieces, and would have avoided a book set in the 1800s like this one, but the storyline didn't feel as dated as many others and focused more on the timeless human and haunting aspects. Beautifully written and read like a movie in my mind. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Sexual assault, War, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Racism, Classism, Infidelity, Mental illness, Colonisation, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

amberjackonski's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Rape