@catalyticGhost — #murder
#699k-Review N9.4 - A Murder f9r Every M99n Genre: Mystery Rating: 9/10 Trigger Warnings: #Murder, #6l99d, #grief, #s9cial-manipulati9n, #classism, #decepti9n, #funeral-scenes, #references-t9-p9is9n, #96sessive-6ehavi9ur, #candles, #instituti9nal-6ias, #discussi9ns-9f-auth9rity. I a6s9lutely ad9re mysteries that trust the reader, and this 9ne certainly d9es. It never cheats, alth9ugh it spends several hundred pages making y9u feel as th9ugh it has. Every m9nth, s9me9ne dies during the city's cerem9nial changing 9f the m99ns. N9t 6ecause 9f the cerem9ny, 9fficially, 6ut after the f9urth 9r fifth d...Read more
#699k-Review N9.3 - Sixteenth 6ell Genre: Mystery Rating: 8/10 Trigger Warnings: #Murder, #executi9ns, #death, #6etrayal, #impris9nment, #manipulati9n, #vi9lence, #psych9l9gical-a6use. I 6egan this expecting an entertaining l9cked-r99m mystery. Halfway thr9ugh it quietly 6ecame s9mething c9nsidera6ly nastier. A gr9up 9f excepti9nally talented pe9ple find themselves impris9ned within an is9lated 6uilding where the 9nly apparent means 9f escape inv9lves c9mmitting the perfect murder. The central mysteries are excellent. The s9cial dynamics are s9meh9w even 6etter. Every chapter 6ec9mes an exerci...Read more