Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

95 reviews

jamiekesselman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

alis15's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

At times the time jumps were a bit hard to follow, but other than that it was beautifully written and completely heart-wrenching. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Torture, Violence, and Murder

erynelle's review

dark informative sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Hate crime, Violence, and Murder

atleon96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

gtrue21's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

4.0

interesting and really well done… and REALLY upsetting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Murder

graecoltraine's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? No

4.75

I don't really know how to explain this book other than

it's a ghost story--not as a spooky halloween whatever, but that you start to realize as you read it that this is a story about dead children.

Absolutely a page-turner that had me finishing it within a day. I'm a fast reader, but tend to get distracted, which lends itself to longer read times. Five stars because I thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend it, but the ending didn't really hit the way I expected it to, it felt somehow like there wasn't an impact, and I don't see myself returning to re-read this book, so I deducted .25 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder

buckleberryfinn's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? N/A

5.0

one of the best books i've read, not just for school but in general, very emotional, uncomfortable and moving, the type of book i didn't want to finish in a way but i had to

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual violence

taria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

elhein's review against another edition

challenging informative sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Murder

bigraymond's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder