Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson

9 reviews

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

joykeya's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

3.75

A story with slim to none action but still eerie in a way you don't expect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Bullying, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Child death, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Deportation

amber_reads_sometimes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

This is going on my list of books that I wish I could experience for the first time again. A perfect and at times heartbreaking coming-of-age story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Medical trauma, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Mental illness

ilaxaria's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content and Blood

Minor: Pedophilia and Sexual harassment

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

The Details:
Narrated by Corey Brill
Unabridged

July's pick for Horror Summer Camp.

This was a fun read. It reminded me of Goosebumps and Spooksville. It felt super nostalgic of 80's summer camp horror and it channeled that really well.

The uncle was such a loveable odd-ball. I would have loved to have summers like that, as a kid, although I don't deny the local legends would have terrified me at the time.

Being a short book, I didn't notice how long the chapters were, at first, but when I noticed this, I felt like each chapter felt like a shorter story within the book and that amplified the serial tone of Goosebumps it had me thinking of, that I enjoyed. 

The last 5% shook me. It was so sad and I couldn't help casting my mind back to all the adventures that had happened in the book and being in awe at how cleverly crafted the story was.

A much lighter (to begin with at least) pick than June's read for the Horror Summer Camp. A fantastic read with the nostalgia and melancholy of Summer as a kid imbued inside, and more depth to it than you may initally expect.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Death, and Grief

odrib's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death, Blood, Bullying, Sexual assault, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Rape, Violence, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Child death and Cancer

len_magoi's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, Self harm, Car accident, Cancer, Suicide attempt, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Bullying

Minor: Pregnancy, Body shaming, and Child death

kathryn2's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

This is one of the first coming-of-age stories I really enjoyed. The book is well written, with small foreshadowing to keep you interested and wanting to know more. The characters are likeable with interesting backgrounds, and how everything tied together at the end was really enjoyable and satisfying. Sometimes I found it hard when the main character was reflecting on more of his recent memories; I had a hard time connecting why they were related to what he then talked about in his childhood next. The beginning was a little slow but it picked up about a quarter of the way through and kept my interest throughout. A great, quick read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

emmaruth223's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Blood, Sexual violence, Bullying, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Violence