Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Inspection by Josh Malerman

11 reviews

keen's review against another edition

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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? Yes

3.75


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readingwithmycats's review against another edition

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3.5


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harmonj3's review

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

5.0

I nearly set this book down because the first 130+ pages did not grip me. The prose is a little odd and it really just wasn’t what I had expected. That said, the second act of this book is worth it. I really love that we get a very small glimpse into had everything came to be through the flashbacks and I was really impressed with the 180 this book pulled on me.  

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belovedsnail's review against another edition

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dark 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

4.5

Smart and perfectly subtle horror dystopia fiction.

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analea_lucille's review against another edition

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

3.5


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nrogers_1030's review

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dark mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0


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voilajean's review against another edition

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  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

This was pretty well executed considering how ridiculously heteronormative it was.

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kkalicky94's review against another edition

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

3.75


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thormagnarok's review against another edition

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mysterious tense slow-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

1.5

So incredibly slow for the majority. Focused on characters that weren’t interesting or enjoyable - I skipped whole sections of the author character and I found the writing repetitive and obnoxious. The last hundred pages are interesting, and then
incredibly, needlessly gorey
.  Unnecessary, overall. Interesting premise, terrible execution. 

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unabashedlyemma's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious slow-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? No

3.75

I liked the book, and found it interesting and engaging, but the entire conceit is predicated on heterosexuality, with absolutely no mention of other sexualities. It pulled me out of the book to not even mention it.

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