Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

97 reviews

stories's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I wasn't sure this was where I was actually interested in going after book 1, but actually I adored it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Murder

anniereads221's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Medical content, Murder, and Toxic relationship

ocean_the_reader's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia and Lesbophobia

graceless_grace's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Emotional abuse

Minor: Fatphobia

mugs_it_is's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Murder

liormaleficent's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Child abuse

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Murder and Death

xphilphil's review

adventurous dark fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse

itsmeyseniab's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved the dynamic between our main characters Jack and Jill, and how their sibling rivalry added a modern twist to darker folklore. This was way darker than I had anticipated... gimme more!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Murder, Blood, and Child abuse

captivity and suggestion of Stockholm Syndrome

bookworm_leilani's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder