Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

25 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny informative lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

The topical real world pandemic/politics mentioned felt like a time capsule reminder of an era that was terrifying and sucked.  In that regard, I felt it did a bit of disservice to the rest of the book because I genuinely loved the premise/worldbuilding of Kaiju Earth (I have a pet peeve of it being "kaiju" instead of the more proper kaijū). 

The humor was full of nods to pop/nerd culture and some repetitive gags which was generally tied to the burgeoning found family vibes from the crew.  I would say that some of the characters felt a little one dimensional, which can kind of be explained away with the job attracting a certain type of person, but it felt a little lazy.  I did appreciate the non-binary rep for one character though. 

The majority of the book had you learning everything via the protagonist trial-by-fire style which lent itself well to exploring a new world.  If there was more expansion about the multiverse situation I would probably gobble it up, but I think I'm a little scarred about current(-ish) events/politics in books at the moment. 

At the end of the day, it was a predictable story, but I'm pretty sure that was the point.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Abandonment, Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Cannibalism, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Bullying, Confinement, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Classism, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

ehmannky's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.0

This was such a fun and sweet little read. I think the first 2/3 are a bit slower paced for me, with it mostly just focused on this little group of nerds trying to study the big kaiju, and then the last 1/3 really kicks into gear with its Terrible Billionaire Plot (which I loved). It was a very kindhearted read, with a focus on love and friendship and giving a big fuck you to entitled billionaires. Very fun and I can see my friends who did field work really loving this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Death, and Murder

lex_y's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Murder and Pandemic/Epidemic

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Deadnaming

helalost's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Murder

schnaucl's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed it.  It was a fun popcorn book.  

There was some nice homages to classic science-fictions stories.  

There was some attention paid to the science of the circumstances and some nice hand waiving with the person explaining things saying I'm not a scientist, you'll need to ask a scientist about that for the harder questions. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Deadnaming

ladythana's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Blood

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Medical content, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Classism, Colonisation, Deadnaming, Grief, Homophobia, Transphobia, and War

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Animal death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Minor: Excrement