Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois

83 reviews

potassiumk's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

noldorin's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I went into this book without necessarily even knowing what it was about, I just saw some comments about it being disturbing.
Happy to say it didn't disappoint. Everything happening felt
completely insane considering this is a book about kids. I loved the ending and the fact the plot is really just a bloodbath with no good ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kg18's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

floressius's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

a nasty, brutal, gory, uncomfortable book.

twelve children are killed or die in increasingly awful, graphic ways. more battle royale for six year olds than lord of the flies. 

from a writing perspective: no story, run-on sentences, confusing turns of phrase, poor character choices. leans heavily into the idea of fables and being one, only to have no moral itself. it's just gratuitous violence and children's misfortune described in graphic detail.

hated this. don't know why i even read it. can't quite comprehend the sheer amount of 5 star reviews either. this is your favourite book? this one???? get help

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

minishcap's review against another edition

dark sad tense

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Car accident, and Alcohol

kitsunereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

0.5

Honestly, I hated this. I could not recommend it to anyone. It’s like if someone said “Let me rewrite Lord of the Flies, but make it more sadistic and include none of the social commentary.” The dialogue that is written for children makes them seem like they’re in their thirties at least. Not a fun one, not gonna keep this on my shelf. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Murder

m_scrimshaw's review against another edition

2.5

Modern French literature is really does have a unique bleakness I'm sure there's a point to, but I'll be damned if I can tell you what it is. To be fair, the story is clear about it's events from the very beginning before

offing our entire cast in increasingly gruesome and unsettling ways

. A very "Dead Dove, Do Not Eat" book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, and Alcohol

paganbarbie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Vomit, and Murder

rhysied's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

itsjustgrumpy's review

dark emotional sad

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

4.25

Winnie the Pooh meets The Troop (minus the monster). It was heartbreaking but also surprisingly heartfelt at times. You couldn't help but feel for all of the characters, even Enzo, in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Stalking