Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

15 reviews

jess_c008's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I had to read for class and while it isn’t the best, i appreciated the pace and which it went and the hidden meanings.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Murder

eilatan6991's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Infidelity, Sexism, and Slavery

Minor: Torture, Miscarriage, Child death, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

lizkocher's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Death of parent, Torture, Child death, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, and Violence

amayapapaya's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Child death, Death, Slavery, Violence, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

avasbookmark's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Murder, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Pregnancy

Minor: Torture

leehillier's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexism, and Cursing

Moderate: Murder, Racism, Mental illness, Slavery, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Pregnancy

bookiemadi's review against another edition

dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Religious bigotry

Minor: Torture and Murder

leavesandsky's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

The book and movie are very good examples of what I imagine the Salem Witch Trials to be like. Everyone was paranoid and shouting, and it was very easy to be immersed in the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Torture and Sexual harassment

orchidlilly's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I actually liked a book school made me read? Wild, I know. But despite the sexism and the raging historical inaccuracies, it was fun to read. Maybe it was made more enjoyable by the fact that I got to watch my classmates read it out loud in horror and shame. The best thing you can do is make a bunch of high schoolers read out the lines of a horned up 17th-century character lol.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Violence, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Child death, Mental illness, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Child abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Cursing, Murder, and Ableism

Minor: Animal death, Antisemitism, Bullying, Alcohol, Blood, Ableism, and Classism

wandering_recorder's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

It is no wonder that this play has earned its place among the classics, in large part due to the profound effect it has had on its readers and the world. The story itself details the dramatized version of the Salem Witch Trials, studying the unique situation that happened on a relatively small scale when panic and certain ideologies are pedaled by society and how individuals in that community react accordingly. Not only that, but the narrative features amazingly fleshed out characters that opens the questions to the reader of who they are as a person, what they believe, and what they stand for. Although given much anguish due to its forced reading in various schools, this story has nonetheless been one that has changed the way I look at the world around me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship