Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Poster Girl by Veronica Roth

26 reviews

rinku's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Police brutality, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Racism, and Kidnapping

lauraloveslemons's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Alcohol

historyoftape's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Maybe reading darker books on airplanes will be a new habit. In any case I read this in one day of travel, which was unexpected for me as I thought this might be a book I'd have to sit with some more. It definitely covers some themes that will haunt me for a while, but at the same time the style is more quiet and calm so I felt like I had the time to think about things without being distracted by action or too many twists. There were twists, don't get me wrong, and action, but probably due to the main character's quietness and detatchedness they were less the forefront. 

I enjoyed how more and more bits and pieces of the characters stories are revealed as time passes on, and how some decisions make more sense in hindsight with the new knowledge I gained. This book also did a really good job at making morally grey characters lovable, and even evil ones likeable. As it says at one point, no amount of loving anyone will make them a better/good person. 

All in all I really liked this, even though it is not the genre I usually go for :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

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brilee92's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

katenovah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bookish_hollyx's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Murder

Minor: Blood

theunfinishedbookshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder

prairieraven's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

abby271's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

hyithia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

4.5

- illustrative imagery 
- excellent world building
- steady character development
- captivating plot
- effective narration style
- made me think more critically about how technology can be used or misused depending on one's view
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enjoyed how throughout the book we slowly learn more about the main character; the book slowly reveals more and more about her backstory in an entrancing way

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satisfying ending

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mixed feelings about romance? there were subtleties present in the narrative that pointed towards romanic interest, but it still felt like it escaleted too quickly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicide