Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Revenge by Yōko Ogawa

31 reviews

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

quite a few of these were misses to me which lowered the rating despite some pretty good stories. i don’t know if i would consider them horror stories though. most were pretty tame imo. i did like how they all connected though 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Infidelity, Torture, and Murder

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

nadir's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Torture and Murder

sunshinemagik's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

The stories in this collection are haunting. They're very atmospheric and there was always an undercurrent of creeping dread. Greatly enjoyed this collection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Suicide attempt

linguaphile412's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

katkinslee's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death

durrareadsstuff's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I am so lost I don't even know what to rate this book. did I enjoy it? I don't think feeling disturbed and puzzled can count as having fun. not in my case anyway. but is it a good book? I mean, yes. it's definitely well written, and the way the individual stories can be read as standalones but are somehow related to one another is pretty genius. but honestly what the actual heck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Sexual content and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Suicide attempt

kkulhannie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis