Reviews tagging 'Murder'

54 Minuten by Marieke Nijkamp

119 reviews

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

arryanna's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

The different povs made the book fast pace it showed you what each students hopes for the future were and it was a story that had you feeling even tense emotions that was felt throughout the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Bullying, and Suicide

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Child abuse

peyton_james969's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Child death

bubblepricks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This book revolves around the POV of 4 main characters experiencing a school shooting. Obviously a difficult subject to write on and one that’s going to upset people one way or the other. I’m left feeling bummed out, but in a satisfying way. I don’t love every aspect of this book, however I think the author did what she intended to. To invoke emotion through writing is a talent 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, Child death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Suicide, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Death

agoraphobic_crawfish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

 TW/CW: mass shooting, gun violence, mentions of abuse, mentions of grief, mentions of Alzheimer's, mentions of rape.

Reading this was painful. Upsetting. I probably won't read another book like it in the future.

Spoiler

Tyler said he "didn't want to be alone anymore". He was never alone. He isolated himself in his grief and then when he successfully pushed ppl away, he turned that grief to anger. I can't feel bad for him though. He wasn't a good person before the shooting. As much as autumn tried to paint him as a saint because he was there for her. he's homophobic, a rap*st, and manipulative/controlling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Grief, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Gore, Child death, Car accident, Blood, Gun violence, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Death of parent, Violence, Physical abuse, Islamophobia, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Child abuse, and Hate crime

richofficer's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book was extremely sad, but realistic to todays society. The pacing was fast, which I really liked, but I was confused about the characters in the beginning and felt I had to write down who was who and who knew who, etc etc. Overall, I think the book was written very well and emotionally and the only flaw this book had was the random chapters that were not needed and the lack of explanation. Other than that, if you are looking to enjoy an emotional, intense rollercoaster, this is the perfect book for you.

Spoiler

I will never be getting over Tómas’ death.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Gore, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Child death

Moderate: Bullying, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Homophobia, and Child abuse

Minor: Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

blaise_44's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, and Death

barelyghosted's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A well written book with a powerful message. No one should ever need to worry about being put in this situation. You want everyone to escape. You want someone to get the gun away from him. You hope someone can get through to him. You want the brutality to end...but it just keeps going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Death, Murder, Mass/school shootings, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Sexual violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

per_iscritto's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

I was intrigued by this and needed a second book for a BOGO. The subject sounded heavy but caught my attention and found myself purchasing it.  Pulled this out of the TBR last week and devoured it. It was really well written and had only a mild slow down toward the last 75 pages. The teen characters were flawed and struggling as most of us do but it was hard not to see all sides including the antagonist. Grief is  crappy and sometimes feels absolutely impossible to bear and we’re not all capable of getting through it.  This one will remain in my library. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

cernst09's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Sexual violence