Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

90 reviews

genny's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

3.0

I finished this quite a while ago so I can't say much other than it was...okay. I found it slow and a bit of a chore to get through, even though I liked Arent and Sara. For some reason it didn't really feel like a mystery? The reveal was a bit confusing, I just remember that I ended up hating

Sammy 🙄 Him trying to joke around after revealing everything pissed me off

. Haha. I currently have Evelyn Hardcastle on loan from the library so hopefully I'll like that better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement

emo_mz's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

laurataylor's review

adventurous mysterious slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mrslsmith's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Rape, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

tish12's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. Yes I did get lost a few times where the story sort of slowed down but it then picked up again each time. There has been a few people complain about the

storm that takes place saying it went on for too many chapters, but honestly I feel it was just enough or maybe just a little more could have been said

I love the result at the end I did have my guesses. I won't spoil this on you. I would have loved to have seen a little bit more chemistry between Arent and Sara but at the author says in the end of the book  letter from the author he didn't want it to turn into a story all about them, or Arent being the sexy bodyguard kind of character. But has said that if you wish to do so then that is what you shall have.  
All in all I do recommend this book a adventure to read, there are a few gruesome scenes taking place in the book. But nothing over the top. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Sexual harassment

diana_raquel's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

"Cleverness is a type of strength, and they won't accept a woman who's stronger than they are. Their pride won't allow it, and their pride is the thing they hold dearest."

 Mystery thrillers are not my cup of tea. My reading tastes tend to be directed toward classics, fantasy, and contemporary. However, I loved the previous book of Turton.

After The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, I had an idea of what I would find in this book: a murder mystery full of details that wouldn't make sense until the final chapter, with an influence of speculative fiction.  Well, I didn't get my speculative fiction influence. And that's okay. What I got was so much better. What I got was a murder mystery (somewhat) historical full of details that only made sense in the final chapters. 

This was a really good book, with a solid structure. The characters were well developed and you never really know what they're thinking and what they might do next, which only made the narrative more compelling. And, as usual, my theories were all wrong, but then only made the narrative more interesting. 

I think that the only thing that I wasn't a fan of was the pacing in the early chapters. They seem to be dragging and dragging. I understand the need to set the scene and the characters in a murder mystery but I think that this part could be done in fewer stages/pages.

Overall, I liked it and recommend it to murder mysteries lovers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, and Slavery

joensign's review

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Animal death

horationelson's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Confinement, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

j_squaredd's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Well written and something I couldn’t put down; it was dark, tense, and mysterious. Great for those that love both thrillers and historical fiction. I wasn’t completely satisfied with the ending - it wrapped up a little too neatly for my taste - which is the only reason this isn’t a 5 star.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism and Racism

tamara_joy's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Genocide, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Excrement, Grief, Pregnancy, and Colonisation