Reviews tagging 'Murder'

No One Rides for Free by Judith Sonnet

102 reviews

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

sjscho95's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

sarah_mcmullan_nz's review

EXTREME HORROR - contains extreme descriptions of sexual assault, incestuous rape, sexual violence, gore and medical injury. This will make your stomach curl and you'll feel sick to your core. 

It would be easy to dismiss this as disgusting and out it down and not finish it. I nearly did. 
But then I wondered why, as a film critic who has made a living off watching & reviewing films that often show violence against women and graphic injuries, why do books seem so more offensive than films? 
Horror, and the portrayal of women in horror has long been a specialty of mine. From victims and tools of the occult to the graphic exploitation and the rise of the rape revenge (LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, THRILLER: THEY CALL HER ONE EYE, BAISE MOI)  to the new extreme cinema Irreversible, Inside, Martyrs, Ils. 
The torture porn movement opened the saw to new detail of injury and more grotesquely detailed plots of depravity (SAW, HOSTEL, WRONG TURN)  and of course the rise of the truly psycho crime thriller/horror gave us films like SE7EN, & SILENCE OF THE LAMBS where depravity was wrapped in sexual undertones and served on a silver platter. 
The fact is, NO ONE RIDES FOR FREE is as much about movies and their role in peoples lives (the surrogate parent when Mom is working a lot, the aspirational dream for a couple of siblings raised on films, the family bonding exercise that becomes a shorthand) as it is about being a woman: being a mother, still being sexual juggling a job & kids ("switching from slut more to mom mode"), crone mode (the ideal is being elderly & in love like Andy & Brenda).
I thought it was interesting that Ralph was the kid who did the stuff, Poppy was the one who thought things up. 
When The Man gets in the car and demands things to happen, Poppy shuts down, Ralph just does it. Poppy saw the potential for all the awful coming, Ralph was in the now. And look who survived. 

The author says her other books aren't like this. 
Jeez I hope not. 
I'm curious as to what they're like. 
I hope I haven't given her the benefit of the doubt and that she's as clever as I think she is. 
I also hope that this is her only dalliance in taking things as dark as this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

creatureof_nature's review

dark fast-paced

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

The most disgusting thing I’ve ever read. 
As a long time horror fan, I’ve read or watched almost all of the “worst of the worst” horrors, I don’t say this lightly, this is disgusting and horrible. 
I only completed this gross garbage because it was 75 pages and became abhorrent at the half way mark. 
I will be checking content warnings on every horror book from now on, thanks to this trash. 
I’d give this 0 stars if I could.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

king_kai's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

⚠️ Vile and intense ⚠️

I’ve read some fucked up shit and this one is not one I’m going to forget for a while. It was a challenge but one I would recommend to people into extreme horror!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

vaeliena's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

It was very much not what I was expecting, but it got me hooked because I was so worried to see what happened next. It was very... disturbing lmao Please read with extreme caution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

The kidnapper is a very f***ed up person.

nerdalicious9's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.0

Extreme horror is an understatement. I've not read anything quite like this before. Goal achieved Judith. This book comes with warnings. Many warnings ⚠️ Consider yourself... Warned 😮😳

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, and Murder

thatgamertiffani's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Murder

spicymama9972's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This book was intense. I can read and watch almost anything but this book it left me feeling the same way human centipede did. Gross…I could have vomited multiple times during this book. I only finished it cause I’m not a quitter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Murder

sarah_amy's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

Like 'Playground' another book I wish I had never ever read. Hitch-hiker makes family torture each other in horrendous ways with the promise of survival if they do as they're told. Makes me feel sick knowing I read this and wish I could forget it. Do yourself a favour and don't read.
But again, the author achieved what they wanted I guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment