Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Psycho by Robert Bloch

21 reviews

abookwormspov's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

abbyluvsfrogs444's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

This book is just genius. Terrifying, but genius.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Alcohol, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Confinement

Minor: Transphobia

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Suicide, Body horror, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

liviamello's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I read this, then watched the movie, and the book is so much better that I bumped it up to a 5 star (the movie is still great). I'm glad I finally got to read and watch Psycho; I've definitely been missing out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Blood and Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual harassment

nonfictionfeminist's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Misogyny

corruptednatz's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Trippy read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

Spoiler

Omg he poisoned his own mother and her lover! I loved how the book made the reader believe they killed themselves. Even the whole town was fooled

belladonnashrike's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

can’t believe I had no idea what this book was about (aside from the infamous shower scene from the film adaptation - which i also haven’t seen). I wish I didn’t read the synopsis on the back which alluded to ed gein, because I was expecting a slightly different plot after reading that. I see the inspiration there, but I was taking it very literally after I read the summary; I thought there would be more modeling after him, so I didn’t find the book to be as disturbing as what gein actually did. 

for the late 50s, this was probably extremely dark and disturbing. but i’m used to this genre & have read/seen worse in both books and movies so I guess that’s why I didn’t feel the way others probably felt when it came out. it felt more like a thriller than horror because of that, but that’s just me. 

I enjoyed most of it, except for the explanation bit near the end (chapters 15-16, I think). I loved the final chapter, though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Transphobia

cheyanndow's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

lfp315's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder