Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens

583 reviews

lina_ty75's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Sexual assault, Racism, Rape, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Murder

catching5tars's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gaslighting, and Grief

frolickingandfantasy's review

emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Racism, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Sexism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Bullying

Minor: Bullying

holls23's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

Slow start but got better. Closest I’ve ever come to crying at a book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Murder

aaudley1's review

adventurous challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was amazing! One of the few books out there to make me both laugh and cry. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

magnoliabloomfield's review

sad slow-paced

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

0.75

Very very slow paced. Writing the accent annoyed me so much. The characters don’t recognize their own accent and you should write what they mean or else you distract the reader and distracted readers aren’t immersed in the story. We are bombarded with so much information about Kya in the beginning when we don’t necessarily want that much, and then later so much that we actually would have wanted to know was withheld. Also it felt like the author created a lot plot hole fixes on the spot and didn’t edited them into the story further back to foreshadow. For instance Jodie’s scar. If we knew he had it from the beginning we could have felt recognition when we see a scarred man later instead of getting a big chunk of backstory explaining it when what we really want is to stay in the present moment. Overall I was underwhelmed and unsatisfied. Don’t get the hype at all. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

bgay09's review

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Pretty good book. It wasn't the best book I have ever read in my life but the story was interesting and I did want to see how it ended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, and Toxic relationship

elisabethshanahan's review

adventurous emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Racism, Sexual assault, Death, Murder, Child abuse, and Grief

Minor: Car accident and Racial slurs

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Racism, Rape, Alcohol, Sexual content, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Blood, Bullying, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Death, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

nara_knl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

Eine Geschichte, die so schön, schrecklich traurig und herzzerreißend zu gleich ist, dass einem der Atem wegbleibt!
Delia Owens beschreibt, aufgrund ihrer Erfahrungen als Zoologin, das Leben in der Marsch so bildlich, logisch und vorallem magisch.
Das Buch weckt ein Verlangen, für Kya da zu sein! 

Es handelt sich meines Empfinden nach, um eine Mischung aus Krimi, Sachbuch und Romanze, die der Autorin sehr gut gelungen ist!

Leider keine 5 Sterne, da mir noch ein gewisses Etwas gefehlt hat…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Murder