Reviews tagging 'Murder'

MacBest by Terry Pratchett

15 reviews

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

ampharos906's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

hpsauce's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Murder

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

Aw yeah. I really like the witch books. And this one has theatre!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Mild: Saneism, Slut Shaming

ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Self harm and Blood

Minor: Torture

saltycoffee's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Torture

oblivious_girl's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

One of my absolute favorite books. It's basically Macbeth from the pov of the witches, but also if you flipped it on its head, twirled it around a little bit then showed it to the mirror and asked its opinion. A wonderful, satirical and cozy romp.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Violence, Blood, and Murder

The self harm is mostly in reference to the Duke's attempts at washing the blood off his hand. It starts off just in his head but quickly turns to real blood as he keeps scrubbing with various instruments that aren't meant for washing with

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

crufts's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

I "read" Wyrd Sisters twice: once in the original novel format and once in the BBC radio play. Both are fun.
Although this is Book 6 of the Discworld series, there's very little connection to the preceding novels and you can read it as a standalone.

The ambitious Lady Felmet has her eyes on the throne of Lancre. She spurs on her husband (Duke Felmet) to murder the ruling King Verence, and the malicious couple ascends to the throne.
Seeing signs and portents that the land itself disagrees with this development, three witches (crotchety Granny Weatherwax, witch-about-town Nanny Ogg, and young-and-nervous Magrat Garlick) decide to set things right again.

Wyrd Sisters is an undisguised parody of Shakespeare's works, especially Macbeth. As a result, there are a lot of funny references - but this also means the plot feels pre-ordained and unsurprising.

But did I read this book for the plot? HELL NO. I read it for the witches! As long as these three brilliant characters were around, it was fun. If this instead was a story about the witches going shopping for groceries, I would probably have enjoyed it all the same.

See my review of the next Witches book here: Witches Abroad.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Infidelity and Violence

breadwitchery's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia, Torture, and Sexual harassment