Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

101 reviews

mad_is_rad's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Emotionally wrecked from this one. It made a distant atrocity (the witch hunts in northern Norway in the 17th century) into something very personal and real. Ursa was a stand-out character and I really admired her fortitude. If you’re looking for something heartbreaking and bleak, but with moments of tenderness, this is the one. Great winter read…unless you’re already sad!!! In which case, go read The Thursday Murder Club or something!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

samlopez93's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

hilarylouise's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Miscarriage

nyk4envy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I enjoyed this book immensely. The writing and language was something to get used to, but once I did, I saw it for it’s beauty. A tragic story of pain and love and survival. It can only reflect on the current state of our world. Being prosecuted, oppressed, losing and grieving, finding yourself grounded by loves in your life. It was incredible to read, sometimes I couldn’t put it down. Sometimes I needed to put it down. I cried with the characters, I raged with them. 
Incredible story based on a far away tragedy and I couldn’t have asked for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Torture

mxawprince's review

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

starryforest's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.75

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i didn’t like the ending, but it was  realistic and dramatic 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

sylexlibris's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Murder

thecatconstellation's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

This was so hard to put down. Very compelling and moving. Good discussions of gender and the roles of women in society, the impact of Christianity on native people, and what unprocessed grief can do to people.

Very atmospheric and pretty gay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

effortlessly_uncool's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Murder