Reviews tagging 'Murder'

All Hallows by Christopher Golden

19 reviews

hxlleann's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

spenny21's review against another edition

4.0

This is a good one to read this time of year!

I listened to the audiobook and I left at 5am the other morning and it was definitely scary in the dark when the cunning man was chasing Laura.

I liked the commentary of certain topics. All in all, I was entertained!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Outing

ktb97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

A spooky October read that I’m happy I picked up. It’s a bit confusing at times, but that didn’t distract me from the character arcs, which really are the highlight of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, and Outing

Minor: Vomit

beccah1610's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

princess_marie's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Outing, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying and Kidnapping

nuggetbyzoe's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.25

Really great, eerie and tense read. Perfect for the halloween season to get your spook on.
Was loving this but the end section was a little unnecessary. Could've been a little shorter and skip that section but still a good read. Kept me hooked!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol

finnsnowbevi's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, Vomit, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Outing

Minor: Sexual content and Medical content

carbinara's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Tony Barbosa I would die for you. I reallt enjoyed the relationships between the characters and how the whole book was spanning over one night, but sort of felt the children (especially Arthur) were a little underdeveloped.

Additionally, I felt like it was missing some sort of background about Carmun and the Cunning Man. He seemingly kidnaps kids for her but also stops those kids from taking other children? Also, why did he kill Ruth and Zach (not that they didn’t deserve it)?

Very fun Halloweeny book, maybe should have saved for October. Still, even though this review may seem a little negative, I very much enjoyed reading it and that’s the important part imo :) Definitely recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia and Racism

sonygaystation's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Pedophilia, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse and Infidelity

hollyberry_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Outing

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Vomit, and Sexual harassment