Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Broken Dolls by Mique Watson

19 reviews

aprilreads2703's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

0.5

In a nutshell the book is just abuse, abuse and a lil more abuse. No depth to the characters nor plot.
Without giving anything away (if possible) it’s the same old tale of a guy coerces his way into a woman’s home (who you can quite obviously tell is a woman written by a man) and then he starts torturing them. 
I’m not new to this genre and I do typically like books with such vivid acts of murder/torture but this just felt like an excuse to write explicitly about abusing (sexually, physically, verbally, mentally- the list goes on) children.
Maybe it works for some people but I’m certainly not one of them, do with that what you will.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Murder

thirstyelowyn's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I wish i didnt have eyes after reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Murder

brutallybookish's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I read this book on Kindle Unlimited, and I originally DNF'd and returned it before deciding that I should power through it to see what the hype in the splatterpunk reading community was about. This was a really difficult read for me based solely on the continuous and horrendous violence against children, and much of it felt gratuitous instead of plot driven, but I understand that's the whole point of shock horror. There were a couple of parts throughout where I think some dialogue blended into the narration, and it was a little confusing, but definitely still readable. I did end up finishing it, and it earned an extra star for the ending, which was a great cliffhanger and opener for a whole new story. This is one of those books I would urge people to research thoroughly before reading because it truly is depraved beyond a measure I was ready for. That being said, I understand why so many people say it's a staple in shock horror reading, and at least I won't suffer the fear of missing out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

rtrotzko's review

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, and Murder

eviehunt's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

1.0

i’m literally traumatised 😭 i don’t know why i read this book, when i knew i wouldn’t like it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

trigger warning for everything on planet earth on god

emilysaidhello's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

bookswithshayydeniece's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

depressingwiimusic's review

dark emotional sad tense

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

Wouldn’t recommend this to my worst enemy. Made me physically nauseated. I felt actually sick. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

stmajo084's review

dark medium-paced

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

This book was gross.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

rinitealeaf's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

0.5

Oh boy where to start.
This book has been one of the most disgusting thing I've ever read.
I knew going in that it was going to be extreme horror & splatterpunk but oh my I was not prepared.

It felt like all the gore and foul graphic language was there to just pile up as high as the pile can go, there was no room for character development or world building because of the gore on top of gore with a side of gore.
I know things like this come with extreme horror but it can be done so that it doesn't feel like everything is there for the sake of shocking over and over, because after a while it just stops shocking you and then everything falls apart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Also necrophilia as a tw