Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Weight Of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf

12 reviews

maple_dove's review against another edition

challenging 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? No

3.0

Favorite Quotes:

Adults rarely like being told that they don't have all the answers, or worse still, that the answers they do have are all the wrong ones.

If you want to start an explosion, you light a match in the dynamite factory.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Excrement, Animal death, Misogyny, Bullying, and Body shaming

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

[skimmed] Very suitable title.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, Mental illness, Grief, and Hate crime

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual assault and Police brutality

sydthereader's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, War, Gore, Violence, Mental illness, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Police brutality, Xenophobia, and Murder

paperquilt's review against another edition

emotional informative tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and War

lilly_anne's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Pregnancy, Blood, Vomit, and Police brutality

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Racism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Hate crime, and Gore

romie_chat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful informative sad medium-paced

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

4.0

this is such an important and well-researched story, shedding light on some part of Malaysian history I'd simply never been taught about at school. I wish it were 50 pages longer because the ending feels a bit rushed, and I think the discussion on OCD and anxiety, trauma and grief, could've benefited from it (3.96)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Violence, and War

astarlia's review against another edition

Really appreciated the ocd rep in this, but couldn't manage the politics 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Themes are managed well

jenns_library's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence