Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Devolution by Max Brooks

28 reviews

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

cjblates's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, and Murder

lorie336's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking

ripxreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Cannibalism, and Murder

antvyanka's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

The story is super entertaining and, unlike a lot of people, I love Judy Greer's narration, she is the right level of annoying. The only thing that keeps taking me out, is the fact is that this is supposed to be something the character WROTE, and it clearly isn't, this would have been much better as a recounted story told orally, or maybe recorded, but the structure, in my opinion, makes no sense for a journal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

nxclx's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This has been a change from the books I have been reading. It starts off slower, but still interesting, and then stays that way, getting more intense as the story goes on... and then it STAYS intense and on track. It held my attention the entire time, and didn't lose me at the end. I loved the ending, as well. I would happily read a second novel/novella about Kate and her possible fate. So glad I picked this up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

albusmumblecore's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

escapinginpaper's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cancer, Genocide, Sexual content, Excrement, Islamophobia, and Death of parent