Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Master Key by Masako Togawa

6 reviews

daepyonimst's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Child death, and Drug abuse

candiemarsh's review

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

This was an 'uphill ride' kind of book. The characters intertwined with each other really well, and as the story goes on, it gets very exciting and made me want to find out the ending as fast as I could. It's a relatively short read IMO and I was super into it. And holy heck, that ending! Mindblowing and frankly, it pissed me off in a good way. It seemed such a clear cut conclusion but it ended up NOT being that. I am at a loss for words.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Murder, and Suicide

goosetroop's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Mental illness

wwweronka's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

4.0

fun and easy to read.

at first I thought I didn't like the ending, but then I was like 😧 and I did ended up liking it.

the domestication in this translation was quite visible, there moments where I caught myself thinking what was said in the source text, I'm assuming it could be annoying to someone who knows a lot about Japanese culture.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Murder

linguaphile412's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Child death, Murder, Ableism, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

churameru's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, Dementia, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts