Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester

5 reviews

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Blood, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Suicidal thoughts

waterbear0821's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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? Yes

5.0

This book isn’t perfect, but I did stay up  until 1am binge reading it in one sitting, and that’s worth something. It’s a compelling story about family, immigration, trauma, and a sprinkling of magical realism. The climax and denouement were a bit of a chaotic tumble and that felt like a bit of a let down after weaving these intricate family stories, but there’s a dose of realism there, too. It doesn’t tie up too neatly because life isn’t neat. Still, though, I was all set to be invested in a gut-wrenching finale and it felt just a little meh. Overall, though, I did really enjoy it. The characters are a bit complicated but still endearing. The story is steeped in political morality but it’s generally well executed and not too cliche. A lucky find at the library, I’m glad I picked it up! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Deportation

Moderate: Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Cancer, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

znvisser's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a beautiful story, even though the blurb somehow didn’t really prepare me for what came. I mostly enjoyed the middle part of the book. It took me a while to get into the story because I didn’t pick up on the timelines and characters right away and I mostly didn’t care for Isabel and her attitude towards Claudia in the present day timeline. The middle part really develops though,  there are many side issues but they create parallels with the story so it is all connected in a really smart way. It’s also the part of the story where you really get to understand the characters better and what that means for the way they form a family. The last few chapters the author felt the need to tightly wrap up all loose issues and though I understand how they contributed to the message, I could’ve done with less explicitly and at least *some* unanswered questions left out there. Nevertheless, happy to have read and reflected on this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Cancer, Murder, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Deportation

imstephtacular's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Deportation, Death, Cancer, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Grief, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Classism, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Dementia, Body shaming, and Racism

Minor: Terminal illness, Cursing, Torture, Xenophobia, Child death, Death of parent, Vomit, Drug use, and Rape

jessieweaver's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Blood and Murder