Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk

29 reviews

caseythereader's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

amandall's review against another edition

Graphic, violate death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

tifftastic87's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

In Buenos Aires two women are united through odd circumstances. An unnamed vampire arrives on the shores of Buenos Aires and watches as the world around her changes, after the Paraguayan War in 1870 a plague hits and the vampire's connection to the city begins to change. In the modern day, Alma is struggling with her mother's terminal illness, her own medical troubles, and motherhood accidentally awakens the vampire from her long slumber changing Alma's life forever. 

This was very poetically written, eerie, and tense at times. Very low on plot, high on vibes. Both women's lives were tragic in different ways and overall was just a sad book. There was a lot of grief and anger here. I really liked the conversation around religion from the vampire's story, honestly, my favorite part. Both women lost in different ways, their whole family. I really appreciated the view on rage and anger and how emotions are processed within the constructs of the time. However, the ending was so meh. I just wanted a bit more explanation. Based on the setup it didn't feel like a valid ending for Alma and I am disappointment by it. Overall, it was a bit boring and didn't live up to some of the expectations given by the listings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Murder

taliaalongi's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

lupitagonzalez's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

I loved this! A Gothic vampire novel featuring queer women, set in Buenos Aires and spanning centuries. My only criticism is that the final part of the novel in which the two women meet unfolds very hastily and ends rather abruptly. I wish there would've been more development in their relationship, but maybe that was the author's intention? I would still highly recommend it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Suicide attempt

junejunejulyjuly's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

softanimal's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

5.0

Best book I've read so far this year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

raisinreads's review against another edition

reflective

3.5

I had really high expectations for this based on the blurb and that it had basically all of my favorite tropes (vampires, sapphics, loneliness, yearning) but uh that's on me, my bad. it was okay. i do love vampires and people being gay though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt

nini23's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gore, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Murder

30something_reads's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.25

 Death had come to inhabit my body. It was a possession, not a visit. 

I'm still trying to figure out my full feelings about the ending but overall, this was gorgeous. The narrative structure was really compelling- I could not stop reading!
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A sweeping journey from the Old World to modern day Buenos Aires, this story is told in two parts from two very different women. 

The first half of the narrative is told through the eyes of a centuries old vampire as we follow her journey from her violent conception and across the world to Buenos Aires for a new beginning. 

The second half is told through the eyes of a modern day woman in Buenos Aires as she navigates her career, motherhood, and the inevitable loss of her own mother to a terminal illness. 

Two seemingly unconnected stories slowly begin to intertwine in a haunting, obsessive tale about grief, female agency, and desire.
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All of the dark, gothic, sapphic vampire vibes that I was hoping to get out of AEoM- I got them here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Confinement, Sexual content, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic