Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Des souris et des Hommes, by Rébecca Dautremer

118 reviews

allidone's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Sexism, Misogyny, Animal death, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Ableism

_quinnsreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was beautiful but painful to read even from the start. Just wow. Read it in about three hours in one sitting. And it's my first Steinback ever. I adored his way of descriptive writing as well. Might read more of his works not sooner or later 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death and Racial slurs

lillie2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Without doubt, it's a simple story about a lot of things; about running from your problems, mental health, people who are hard to understand, and this book covers these things wonderfully, if only on the surface level. A classic for a good reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, and Racial slurs

hedvigcallmer's review against another edition

3.25

"man blir tokig om man inte har någon att vara med. Det gör detsamma vem det är, bara man får vara med honom. Jag ska tala om för dig, skrek han, att man blir sjuk om man är för mycket ensam. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Animal death

robyn_vennard's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Injury/injury detail, Death, Cursing, Ableism, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, and Gun violence

pointvirgule's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Racism, and Murder

raccooonhands's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Ableism, Sexual harassment, Murder, Violence, Animal death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

brennar16's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

acas4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Ableism, and Physical abuse

jennifer1130's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I first read this book in high-school and the name of the book stuck with me but 20 years on I'd completely forgotten the storyline. Flash forward to a kindle 99p deal and a desire to revisit some of my childhood texts I gave this a go. Now I know why this book title stuck with me, it's depressing, challenging story filled with death, mental struggles, racism and misogyny is quite a memorable one. This 1937 book is well written, engaging, short and a page turner where white rich men rule all and everyone else tries to find their place inbetween. A historic piece of its time which will stick with me again I'm sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Animal death, and Murder