Reviews tagging 'Murder'

La strada by Cormac McCarthy

95 reviews

hellsjerome's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Cannibalism

Moderate: Murder

absurdpineapples's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

plantainicus's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide and Medical content

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

javierperaltau's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism and Murder

krmreads2024's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

One of the best books ever written. A harrowing journey between father and son, with seemingly no end to misery and pain, and the state of this world that is unsalvageable. It’s a tragically beautiful story that shows humanity at its most depressing. McCarthy leaves you flawed and sobbing by the end in the best way possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, and Pregnancy

avasbookmark's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

calhudak's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Slavery, and Cannibalism

andrea_lachance's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Not a fun summer read!!!

I’m very much a mood reader, and The Road is definitely meant to be read on a dreary day, rather than on a warm cloudy day in a hammock when one is appreciating nature. Or maybe that is the best setting to read about a completely desolate, grey world where the only thing a man can do is walk, hold his gun, and hope he dies before his child.

Wish I had read this in an academic setting, where I could certainly get more literary analysis on this book, but I’ll settle for pilfering YouTube, academic websites, and my library’s ProQuest.

Cornac McCarthy’s writing stands in a league of its own, in both syntax and style. There were so many words I straight up didn’t know and didn’t even bother to look up the definition of.

The story is so simple, which is what makes it so heartwrenching.

Still split on if this is “hopeful” book, but based on what I know of McCarthy’s previous work, this is probably the most hopeful of the bunch. It’s so minimal, that its impact is astonishing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Slavery, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

bea_frankie's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Haunting, hopeless, a beautiful story of life. Some may say it's too black and white, the dialogue is simple, the good people try to be good and the bad people are bad. If you think this way then I feel like you just missed the point of the greater beauty of this piece and the story of life, generation, pain and balance. Anyway ... the girls who get it, get it and I fear the girls who don't may not be able to read critically and thoughtfully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Slavery, Cannibalism, and Murder