Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Sisters Under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris

5 reviews

sarahflanders's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and War

kshertz's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

These books and this author will just tear out your heart and stomp all over it. 

The situations these women went through are horrific. 

But they must be known and seen. 

They are being repeated right now in Palestine. If nothing else, we can remember them and bear witness to their story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

author2223's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and War

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Rape

bamzel_86's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and War

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Murder

jeehernandez87's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow. This book was heartbreaking, powerful, moving, and affirming. I really did not know much about the Japanese POW camps during the time of WWII. This book not only shifted my perception of what was happening in places other than Europe during that time, but also made me painfully aware of the atrocities that have been committed but go unknown. I am so grateful that i was given the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book prior to its publication. I want to sincerely thank Heather Morris for sharing the stories of these heroic women, men, and children. I also would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher St. Martin’s Press for allowing me the opportunity to have a small glimpse into the dark world they faced during this time. This was more than words, this was their lives, and this will stay with me for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail