Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Die Kreutzersonate by Leo Tolstoy

8 reviews

silke_anna's review

dark reflective slow-paced

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

this book is so horrible to read. tolstoi thinks so little of women. it‘s crazy that he is such a famous author

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Misogyny

m1m1m1m1's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

4.0

The Most Misogynistic Main Character Of All Time™️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Murder

readingoccasionally89's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Rape

if you want to hear weak-minded males talk about their misogynistic views on women’s rights & bodies,

and a detailed description of one killes their wife,

this is apparently the right book for you

jessieh's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

cryptidcas's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

There’s at least  two ways to read this book: one as Tolstoy’s manifesto on the rights of women and the other as a detailed account of the misogyny in Tolstoy’s time that honestly proves itself wrong with the amount of goriness. The first track makes this book sick and intolerable. The latter opens up an interesting and enjoyable dialogue on Tolstoy’s (and millions of other’s) extremist values through and account of unjustified male pettiness, power, and jealousy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Murder, Suicide, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Antisemitism

isa_joseph's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Murder

bookbelle5_17's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

3.25

I gave this rating obviously, but i don't know how I feel about this novella.  It's a story of a man relating to our narrator how he grew to hate his wife and allegedly caught her cheating with a musician and decided to murder her.  It is a Tolstoy so the writing is brilliant and an enrapturing look at this mad man's downfall.  There is clearly a message of anti marriage or anti sex for pleasure.  After this experience with his wife, the man telling the story of punishing her, he hates woman believing them all to be manipulative  bitches.  I spent the whole story being anger and finding the man an idiot.  The story comes off as very cynical and probably wouldn't read it again.  Its a fascinating story but it is a dark story and can has a discomforting vibe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

angel_kiiss's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

I’m sure this adaption by Nancy Harris is much more palatable than the original book by Tolstoy. As a play, I think this is great. Engaging, mysterious, and the script directions are interesting and compelling. But the actual story itself… pretty tired about men writing about men in acting violence against women. Pretty tired about needless violence against women in general. 
Would prefer to read the story about a woman in a loveless marriage who has an affair with a violinist. Sure it can still be a sad ending, but without the fridging of a woman. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder