Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

6 reviews

april0686's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Self harm

gail_dancer's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

The beautiful prose of this timepieced novel caressed me as a welcome change from other recent modern novels I’d read. Anna was a complex and likeable lead character whose personal growth spanned large from start to finish. Some unexpected and rash circumstances near the end of the book disappointed me, but all in all  an enjoyable interesting read. The situation of how the village experienced and dealt with the Plague was eerily familiar post-Covid-19. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Gore, Death, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Suicide, Self harm, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Infertility, Grief, Child death, and Blood

s_mivsek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Child death, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Excrement, Murder, and Self harm

bookishbakesco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Mental illness

Minor: Miscarriage, Infidelity, and Child abuse

kianga_black's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Child abuse, Abortion, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Violence, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, and Blood

cptnstphy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

Brooks' prose was gorgeous and brought the reader along as if they were right there in the village, such that it was like watching a film (if not for all the grisly and demonic details, I would want to see this film). Despite the reader knowing how the book would generally end (most villagers dead of the plague) she still manages to create suspense and craft a twist ending none could have predicted (in a dazzling, exciting, and satisfying way, in my opinion). The characters were well-crafted, some with unexpected nuance, although our hero was perhaps too Good and without many interesting flaws. Year of Wonders gripped me from beginning to end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Hate crime, Misogyny, Child death, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Gore, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Abortion, Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual content, Drug abuse, Infertility, Addiction, Death of parent, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Confinement, and Pregnancy

Minor: Slavery and Rape