Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

36 reviews

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Stalking and Colonisation

mariekeroos's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

Good story line, but typical portrayal of helplessly in love woman and comments on her being as such

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Abandonment

Moderate: Colonisation, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape

burnedstory's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

Hardy paints a haunting yet beautiful picture of the agony and the injustice of being a woman who is "impure." The details, the internal struggles have been potrayed as good as one can expect. A beautiful haunting read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Rape

tmickey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child death, Animal death, Rape, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Grief, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

Minor: Blood and Infidelity

rachelheth's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Misogyny, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Murder

haileyanne's review against another edition

challenging sad slow-paced

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

4.0

What a bizarre experience!!! Just when Tess can’t get it any worse, she does. A story about the injustice women experience. But just too long. It felt like 3 different stories in one. What a rollercoaster. I wouldn’t recommend it, but I also don’t regret reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Murder

bubothereader's review against another edition

slow-paced

0.25

• Despised this book—absolutely abhorrent. 
• Literally every bad thing that could happen, did. I find it absolutely unbelievable.
  • Pregnant by rape, abandoned by husband because her thought her unpure, reconnects with rapist, husband comes back after years, she murders the rapist, and then she gets hanged. WTAF
• The writing was beautiful in some places; however, it was MOSTLY arduous to read. Likely because it was originally a serial.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Abandonment, Murder, and Pregnancy

bruceclarklois's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

this book is really just unending shitty things happening to Tess bc "life sucks 🤪" it's misogynistic bullshit I loathe this book. only finished this shit bc I had to for class

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Moderate: Rape, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Child death, and Abandonment

caidyn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.75

I can't believe I remained largely spoiler free for this book. But, I did enjoy it... if that's the right word for it. All in all, I would revisit it again. A solid read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Murder, and Sexism

angelbabe_cj's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Grief, Death, and Child death

Minor: Alcoholism and Death of parent