Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris

29 reviews

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Torture, and Body horror

christinaoperez's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pedophilia, Animal death, Blood, Sexual assault, Murder, Incest, and Child abuse

honeyenbee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Pedophilia and Grief

Minor: Incest, Racism, and Homophobia

cheyenneleiani's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Alcohol, Incest, Murder, Hate crime, Sexual content, Death of parent, Death, and Animal death

amandajsmith's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Racism, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Toxic relationship

avie_j's review

dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Grief

Moderate: Racism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Classism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Child abuse

jmeyers888's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Torture, Animal death, Body horror, Gaslighting, Grief, Pedophilia, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Gore, Child abuse, Xenophobia, Stalking, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Misogyny

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, and Sexism

Minor: Car accident

flyoverzoner's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Incest, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Stalking

megselyane's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Death, Incest, Sexual harassment, Violence, Grief, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Death of parent, Classism, Racism, Incest, Stalking, Sexism, Sexual content, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Pregnancy, Slavery, Fatphobia, Alcohol, and Body shaming

katte's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

A fun romp, especially if you’ve seen the show. Don’t expect deep mystery or heavy emotions and you’ll likely be satisfied with this. First-person narrative isn’t usually my bag, but it worked, and made some of the cringier and uncomfortable terminology or biases showing through a little easier to accept, since it was filtered through a character’s mind. Perhaps this was intentional, perhaps it was happy accident - it was written in 2001, after all. My biggest beef with it was some of the dynamics between Sookie and Jason - siblings just don’t call each other “bro” and “sis” where I’m from. Maybe it’s different in the South!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Violence, Child abuse, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Incest

Minor: Racism, Mental illness, and Homophobia