Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Teacher by Katerina Diamond

4 reviews

kateea7536's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A very dark thriller that was gripping, with so many different threads and stories. Sometimes it was difficult to keep track of everything because there was so much going on, but the writing was brilliant. Really dark but some very tender moments between two of the main characters and also some  visceral scenes that dealt with social issues in a powerful way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Death, Drug use, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Vomit, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Suicide, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gun violence, Misogyny, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Rape, and Terminal illness

kakeyame's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Rape, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Blood, Bullying, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

caroline_norrish's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Car accident, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Panic attacks/disorders

desdemonarose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I had low expectations for this book, but the story moved along quickly.  It is good in audiobook format since the narrator is very good.  I might have a lower rating if I read it myself, but maybe not.  It is a very dark book that covers dark topics.  It's a typical suspense story with the super evil bad-guy sorts, which you learn pretty much from the start.  Not a book if you want to read a story of redemption, but if you want a fast paced dark conspiracy investigative type novel then this one will fit the mold.  It does require some content warnings which I am adding (not sure of Storygraph shows them in the review or not).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Child abuse, and Religious bigotry

Adding more detailed content warnings as spoiler, though the book does open with a pedophile (justifies himself with only photos and no touching) being murdered. There is no graphic description of sexual abuse, but there are torture scenes that I'm sure some would find disturbing. More in spoilers:

The book deals with massive homophobia and torture in an attempt to, "erase," perceived homosexuality. Those who are committing the acts are the antagonists, nothing is justified by the author. The book details the murder of these people and some of their actions with some pretty graphic detail at times. Though typical horror book level of detail, not torture porn levels per say (though of course that is subjective)