Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

26 reviews

autumnwhite's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Drug use, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Gun violence, Medical content, and Vomit

szpetot's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Cancer, Drug abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Violence

lycheejelly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Vomit

motherelectricity's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.5

WHY so many thrillers have to end with this predictable "look how everything is so over the top great for the characters now" 😑

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Cancer, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

keen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What a rollercoaster. There were times I was screaming quietly into the night at scenes that had me going "How will the characters get out of this??" I'm impressed by all the detail that went into locations and what different characters would know based on their culture, age, and life experiences. Seriously, as a 19 year old, I'm impressed with how well a 13-year-old girl  was written and how I was cheering her on. There were a few moments I went "I wish I was as cool as her when I was her age." There were parts of the book I had to repeatedly look up while saying to myself, "This seems familiar," before realizing I was a fool. Lovecraft fans should expect to see some small references here and there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Cancer, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Domestic abuse and Vomit

lanidon's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This is a perfectly fine thriller. It's not going to stick with me or anything, but I'm glad I read it. I can't even think of anything I would change about it. It's just fine. If you can't handle harm to kids, don't read this. Otherwise, sure go ahead. Sometimes you need a medium good book and boy is this one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Death, and Violence