Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

34 reviews

beanieerenee's review against another edition

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

5.0


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taylasreading's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0


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taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

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Just found this very dull. And I have 0 desire to carry on reading. 

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nebulscatters's review against another edition

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dark informative mysterious tense 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

4.75

booktok people will say jean-baptiste grenouille was just a misunderstood french bad boy and not one of the most psychotic murders in all fiction
"what's the spice level?" miss that is a man (TW animal cruelty)
killing a baby dog in front of it's mother so that he can replicate it's scent
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ifistartedreadingwheniwasborn's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced
  • 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

4.0


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ninahuynh's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.75

That ending stank like how the beginning started! How is it he goes
and kill all these people and animals all for him to end by basically mob-suicide?! Unbelievable!!
Mister Suskind, I need an explanation now!!!! A 3-star book knocked down cause that ending has me raging 😤😡

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disguisedposer's review against another edition

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

2.0


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tigertheory's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

unsure why this was such a hit. Sure, style is great, but the plot was so boring. 

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thirdtimesacharm's review against another edition

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

4.0


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mme_carton's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0


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