Reviews tagging 'Murder'

When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill

24 reviews

elizad0324's review

dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Sexism

Minor: Murder

sam_rm94's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

3.5

“…you feel the loss of something until it is completely lost.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

ashleygreene03's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder, Transphobia, Animal death, Violence, Sexual assault, and Abortion

noel_k's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

It is a book one must give 4 stars because it is a beautifully grotesque atrocity, reminiscent of Nabokov. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Abortion, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Toxic relationship

jlye's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I liked the themes of this book, but don’t want to give too much away in a review. I found the plot to be quite fast-paced until I got closer to the ending. The characters are deeply, deeply flawed, which made for an interesting story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexism, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Murder, Transphobia, and Child death

navitalks's review

dark inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is the best book I’ve read in the last few years. The writing is incredible and the story is never to be expected. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Abortion, Cursing, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

camrich's review

adventurous dark slow-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Sexual violence, Rape, Abortion, Animal death, and Dysphoria

Minor: Domestic abuse and Drug use

brighgreen's review

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Reading this, at times, felt like what I imagine being in an opium den feels like.
I didn’t like anyone but George. But then again, women don’t exist solely to be liked. Good book but I felt it was unnecessarily sexual, much like Sadie’s book, so maybe it was too much on purpose. It also felt important though I don’t know what I actually took away from it. But I did enjoy it. A little different than what I’ve been reading lately and I’m happy to branch out sometimes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship

amymacca's review against another edition

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

3.0

I found this story interesting and wanted to read more. I liked the funny quips and descriptions of Montreal at the time. But that was much more prevalent in the first half. 
Then I found the remainder of the book to be filled with plot details that were not all that important, leading to some reveals at the end that were also unimportant. 
I felt that the relationship between Sadie and Marie was not all that compelling and didn’t seem to be very useful for conveying the themes of the story. 
Overall enjoyable but a little disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Rape, and Domestic abuse

pbella3's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Body shaming, Abandonment, Murder, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Rape