Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Real Tigers by Mick Herron

4 reviews

uranaishi's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, Gun violence, Confinement, Kidnapping, Addiction, Police brutality, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Stalking, Bullying, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Murder, Physical abuse, Classism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident, Grief, Infidelity, Vomit, Homophobia, Deportation, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Racism, Sexual violence, War, and Sexual content

imogenlj's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Well-paced with some good plot twists, focussing more on the Park’s internal political brawls rather than outside influence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use

teresalee's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

Mick Herron’s Slough House series featuring Jackson Lamb is a fast-moving and entertaining antidote to the perfectly polished, slick, and smooth characters like James Bond and his ilk.  Best of all, Herron clearly likes and respects his female characters, even the sneaky, conniving ones.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, and Drug use

karingforbooks's review

adventurous slow-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

2.0

Overwritten in the worst way so that I skipped a solid third of the book and still didn’t miss anything. Pacing is off, there are way too many people. It’s clearly written by a man and that’s not a compliment. It’s slow and dull and not even remotely close to a good thriller. I was bored and didn’t want to pick it back up 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Violence