Reviews tagging 'Murder'

La quinta stagione by N.K. Jemisin

202 reviews

lahars_little_library's review against another edition

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

fluffernutterfriday's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Just breath-taking. 

I really don't even know what to say. 

There aren't words. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

midnightstory's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

4.25

this was crazy and a lil boring at times but also so good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

jmitchell20's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-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? Yes

4.25

I read this after I listened to The End of the World Book Club podcast discussing it. 
Definitely different to my usual reads, but I'm enjoying the fantasy/sci-fi/climate crisis crossovers. I saw the twists coming unfortunately, but will probably still pick up the rest of the series later this year. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, and Murder

silversparkles50's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying and Suicide

Minor: Animal death and Cannibalism

dkamada's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Loved having a two person book club for this with Meghan, so many good reveals!

Marked that there are moderate racial slurs, but it depends if you are looking to avoid specific racial slurs used in our world vs the concept of people using racial slurs if that makes sense. I.e. there are racial slurs specific to this book that are used frequently

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Cannibalism

sammymilfort's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

phan_boy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

Interesting magic and world building. Great characters and character development. The plot is emotional and impactful. Overall this is one of the best fantasy stories I have read in a while

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racism, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Hate crime and Sexual content

Minor: Bullying and Cannibalism

witcheep's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Colonisation

ninabest's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Murder, and Abandonment