Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Harrow la Novena by Tamsyn Muir

207 reviews

isaaah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and War

krisalexcole's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Vomit, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and War

kys_chai_and_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

This book, on the re-read, is one of my favorites to date. It's challenging and heartbreaking and tense, and frankly confusing as hell the first time you read it. But it's worth it for the experience of fuguring out the layered mysteries at the end-- and seeing the threads on the reread. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Abandonment

Second book in the Locked Tomb series

cuteasamuntin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Medical content

thesunthesunthesunthesun's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Had decidedly less fun with this book than with Gideon the Ninth. But still quite a lot of fun! The second person view was neat and interesting , and it added another layer of mystery that could have been so good. 

Sadly, I feel like the pacing was kind of off for this book. The mystery was held on to a bit too long for the payoff to really hit.

Also there were too many moments where things are either being told and not shown, or the scene is set up to Tell, and then there isn't even Telling.

As with book one, there were a bit too many memes / internet culture bits in it for something that's supposedly set in the distant space future

and I KNOW god/john is from our current times so he and the lyctors would say shit like that. But that doesn't excuse the other characters and general writing style.

Other than all that I Did have fun and I liked the interactions between the characters and how a lot of the worldbuilding was set up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lunarkris's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Genocide, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jennabean855's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

HOLY MOLYYY

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Pregnancy

HOLY MOLYYYY

Ianthe when I get you

sammy357's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad slow-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? Yes

3.5

I actually love how the book is s jumble of confusing half-truths, flashbacks that are so plainly false, and the most unreliable narrator to ever narrate. Really puts you in Harrow's shoes. But unfortunately my brain wasn't big enough to keep up with the first act or two. Maybe the second readthrough will give me a better fighting chance.
The last 30% or so when we (the readers) and Harrow find out what's going on was so good. And I love how Muir writes different povs. I recommend the audiobook they did an amazing job.
Favorite quotes:
"You sawed open your skull rather than be beholden to someone. You turned your brain to soup to escape anything less than 100% freedom. You put me in a box and buried me rather than give up your goddamn agenda. Harrowhark, I gave you my whole life and you didn't even want it."
"You know it was killing me twice that you weren't there right? You must know it was destroying me to be there in your body trying to keep you thumbs on and I couldn't even hear your damn voice."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Genocide, Suicide, Cannibalism, and War

Graphic: Hallucionations Brief mention/description of amputation and lobotomy. Minor: necrophilia

arysuh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

À la première lecture, je n’ai pas aimé le roman. C’était tellement différent de Gideon que j’étais à deux doigts d’abandonner. Je suis heureuse d’avoir tenu bon et de l’avoir réécouté et relu à l’aulne des révélations faites dans le dénouement. 
Pour l’instant, c’est pour moi le plus difficile à lire des trois publiés à cause des thèmes abordés de ce qui arrive à Harrow, de ce qui lui est infligé.
Et dire qu’on pensait dans GtN qu’elle menait sa barque ! 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

kelisabeth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail