Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Seringenmeisjes by Martha Hall Kelly

31 reviews

bethsbooketlist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - I needed a book to get me out this slump I have found myself in, and boy WHAT A BOOK! Devoured in 48 hours, I was hooked by this historical fiction epic circling around three women and their experiences of WW2 - two of them real people. Their stories could not be more different, and I was especially interested in the perspective of Herta Oberheuser, camp doctor of Ravensbrück. I have heard stories from many survivors but not from the other side, and her perspective just fascinated me in how she could show such plausible deniability. The writing was emotional and raw, and sucked me in completely from page one. The plot flicking between New York, Lublin and Ravensbrück kept you on your toes and added variety - I was intrigued how these stories would eventually connect but it was done incredibly well. Overall, I adored this book that's been on my TBR for so long, and I can't wait to read more from Kelly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

Moderate: Cancer

silversparkles50's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest, Self harm, War, and Injury/Injury detail

beabates's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

curatedsymposium's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty

elfadilamira's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

it was very difficult to read parts of this, particularly Herta’s POV

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide and Rape

arachnophobia's review against another edition

dark inspiring sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I have read many a historic fiction and non-fiction on the Holocaust, in this book I found the historic details included were interesting, well-researched and unique compared to other novels but the characters were not complex enough to feel real. The book had rotating chapters between the three main characters and I found the chapters switched just as I was getting invested which was frustrating and sometimes confusing to follow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Torture, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kweaver_pdx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Cancer

lisbethleftwich's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

soshereads_'s review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Antisemitism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Murder

juliarenae's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Genocide, Torture, Medical trauma, and Murder