Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro, Cornelia Funke

27 reviews

ts_anne13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

lish_e's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

 I wanted to read some fantasy, so I picked up this book. At first, I had a hard time getting into it, for some reason. But the second half of the book got better. 
It did a good job at combining the fantasy elements and the war that was going on around Ofelia. The illustrations were also really beautiful.
Overall, it was a solid read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, and War

winterteufel's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and War

jacquelynjoan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Very nice novelization of the movie. It's YA, definitely not for little kids. Like in the movie the humans are scarier than the fictional monsters. But there are also humans with beautiful, resilient, rebellious souls. A very real fantasy horror.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Rape

delvie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Disclaimer: haven't seen the film. 

It's basically Spanish Spirited Away or Narnia. If you like stories like Fran Bow, The Cruel Prince, and macabre fairytales, this will be right up your alley.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexual violence

c430's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

4.5

A lovely and creepy fairy tale that was such an adventure to read! I really adored how the story was broken up between what was happening and the more legend/fairy tale events of the past. There are so many details that weave together so beautifully that at the end I wanted to reread it again, just to see the small hints and foreshadowing. I rented it from the library but I already know that this is a book I'm going to have to buy so I can mark all of the lines and pages that spoke to me (and there were a lot!)
Adored this book and I cannot wait to read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Murder

taleofabibliophile'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Misogyny