Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

9 reviews

dahlialover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Harrowing tale of two men and their lives spent during the early settlement of the United States. A bloody story about the slaughter of American Indians and then the civil war but softened by the caring, contemplative nature of the main character Thomas McNulty and his love for John Cole. Desperately sad in places. Provides what I imagine is a real outlook on how miserable and difficult their lives were then. Not necessarily a joy to read but Sebastian Barry’s writing is exceptional 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and War

maddummel's review against another edition

dark 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? No

2.25

Zupełnie czegoś innego spodziewałam się po tej książce. 85% to opisy brutalnego ludobójstwa i wojny, które do niczego nie prowadzą. Niestety parę tych rozdziałów, które bardziej skupiały się na życiu głównego bohatera nie były na tyle dobre, żeby książkę uratować. A szkoda, bo koncept generalnie nie był zły.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Ableism, Slavery, Torture, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bestknownfor's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Has a lyrical almost slice-of-life feel to it. Thomas' voice comes through strongly, and the contrast between the everyday mundane and acts of horrific violence all comes together well. The exploration of Thomas' gender is thoughtful and well-done. 

Don't read this expecting a twisty love story - Thomas and John's relationship is very sweet but ultimately not a main focus. It's a portrait of a collection of people whose lives intertwine over years, and it does that very well indeed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Racial slurs, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

himalayahigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Violence, Murder, and War

bps's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and War

lolatarantula's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

I cant talk about this book for a myriad of reasons because it's a good fucking book in the same way Blood Meridian is a good book. Like, it's an amazing book but I don't think many people would enjoy this book. Anyway, look up the warnings before you read this. It isn't for everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

streetmuseums's review against another edition

sorry but i don't want to read a white irish man writing about indigenous people in this way. so fucking weird 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder

macaronis_telegraph's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

Format of the book is frustrating - While Barry does succeed at crafting a distinct voice for his main character, it also for some reason meant that every paragraph was multiple pages long, creating a constant wall of text on every page, allowing for an uninviting read. 

Author also fails to address in any light the horrendous parts of the past he writes about. He writes in detail his characters partaking in the repeated slaughter of Native Americans both before and after the civil war, but because the characters partaking in the murder are gay and rescue one little girl, everything is okay right? I think not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and War

friends2lovers's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Excrement