Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Jackal by Erin E. Adams

141 reviews

karenreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

4.5

 This book is a thriller, a mystery, and a horror story. It's important to realize that before going into the book so you'll know what to expect. I found the story compelling and a quick read because I didn't want to put it down.

A small town. Racism. A history of "the flood" but no one really seems to know the full story of what happened there (or at least it's not a story that gets told). Girls going missing, those found have been brutally killed. Black girls. So the stories are swept away as accidents or animal attacks. But there's also something supernatural happening with the disappearances.

The ending comes together rather quicky so it would be easy to miss details of the final review. I listened to this on audiobook and rewound the final part to hear it again to be sure I caught everything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

calamitydane's review

dark emotional mysterious

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

5.0

I was in love from the jump. This is a wonderful mystery and an honest depiction of a black girl growing up in a mostly white southern town. I spent the whole time trying to guess who could have done it. There were so many potentials with good evidence to support them. I was texting my partner with guesses and reasons every five minutes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

shannonbauchat's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

carolynkwolff's review

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual content and Sexual violence

mynameisrebecca's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying and Police brutality

Minor: Rape

bennybooks's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

What a fool I was for being a doughead, white men never do good

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

jane_moriarty's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

Mention of eating disorder only in one flashback chapter, can be skipped

storyofmaryam's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

After reading the author's not it was really seeing how the life of the author heavily inspired the setting of the story. i learned a lot about Appalachian history from the story and a reminder of how class and race are used by wealthy elites to maintain control. The main theme was the struggles, tension and violence that manifest from white working class communities against black families how structures of oppression stoke and encourage it. I'm not too keen on thrillers so I would say the third act wasn't as satisfying but overall an informative read and I'm looking forward to reading more from this author 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Rape, Kidnapping, and Murder

sargasso_c's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

This book is a marvel and should be taught in literature classes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Vomit, Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

goferreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book made me think in ways I wasn't expecting.  I'd love to read more by this author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault