Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Devolution by Max Brooks

27 reviews

saltedsnail's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death

athnyx230's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

oiabluenoon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Compelling, funny, survival, horror, so so fun to read I was gasping aloud and moving around in my chair I couldn’t sit still reading it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Murder, and War

chasingpages1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Alcohol, War, and Classism

mx_harpstar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Antisemitism, and War

keen's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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: Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Torture, Excrement, and Death of parent

Minor: War

alexg52's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

caterina_1212's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

Great concept - he could've done it with just bears or mountain lion and anyone would've liked it. But the format was really effective, and the true stories of animal attacks mixed in were really effective. So good. And the audiobook cast is nuts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Violence, Excrement, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

izypup's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Excrement, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, War, and Classism

shiran_fa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Torture, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer and Alcohol