Reviews tagging 'Death'

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

221 reviews

vaykay's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I read this because I watched @newlynova's YouTube reading vlog "until she read a five star book," and wow... she was right. I sobbed, and I slobbered into my pajama shirt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Police brutality, and Car accident

klandry98's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Alcohol

megan_j's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was good. It really pointed out everything that was wrong with our current state of justice and how we view ‘true crime’ and the people who commit it, when our focus should be on the victims and what was taken from them. Kept me gripped 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

ambokish's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

tm400's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

from the second I picked this book up, it was really hard for me to put it down. this story details the life of a serial killer from multiple different points of view of women in his life affected by his killings. the writing is illustrious and it all played out like a movie in my mind's eye, which i love experiencing when reading. i found it fascinating that the chapters from the killer's pov were written in the second person - it's not something that you see often and i think it was a very interesting choice. i think it was in an attempt to get the reader to *almost* sympathize with the killer but the HUGE GIANT point of the book is that you can't sympathize with serial killers, especially male serial killers that kill predominantly/exclusively women. 
plenty of male serial killers have existed in real life, and time and time again, their stories are the ones that are told & remembered instead of the ones of their victims.

i loved that the last chapter of the book served as a sort of dedication to not only the women in this story who were wronged, but the ones in real life who are no longer with us to tell their story or be full humans alongside us.

 
i loved this story & how it was written. i cried out of anger and frustration more than once, and would recommend to any other thriller enjoyers and anyone else who is sick of the idea of men relishing in fame after their wrongdoings at the hands of a woman's suffering. 5/5 stars for me & would revisit later 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child death and Racism

jellyfists's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

mmmsnacks's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

lisettemarie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

e11en's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

leahhslibrary_'s review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment