Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

56 reviews

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow. I’m going to need anywhere from 7-240 business days to wrap my mind around this one. There is simply nothing else like this… I am so envious of Seanan McGuire’s mind and the way that it works. How do you even come up with this?! 

This is weird level 1000 so if you don’t care for nonsense and pseudoscience then just steer clear. If you’re down for melting your brain, this is the one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

silvae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

traa's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Self harm, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Car accident and Pregnancy

readswithcocktails'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

lectora21's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Drug use, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

lily_kruse's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent

cozigremlin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Gore

green_amaryllis's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Car accident

dreamofbookspines's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Genre-defying, occasionally confusing, utterly engaging. I had trouble putting this down, even while I'm muttering "wtf is happening" as I'm reading. McGuire is a talented world-builder and writer and this book is up to her usual standard. I adore Dodger and wanted to know so much more about Erin. Great read.

(Side note: while I placed this in the fairytales and flights of fancy category, it's really more like sci-fi fantasy, but also neither of those. It's hard to describe. As I mentioned, genre-defying.)

Switched to 5 stars in 2022 upon re-reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

bethsiekierawalker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder