Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco

26 reviews

issiwerro's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Death, Confinement, Blood, Murder, Torture, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Death

disnelyse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Love triangle seemed rather unnecessary

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, and Gore

Minor: Classism

charlx_otte's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Murder, and Blood

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Not my favourite of the series so far. I liked that Liza was part of the story but Mephestopheles got on my nerves a bit. And the drama in the love story felt unnecessary. The mystery was good though! It kept me guessing this time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Violence, Death, Vomit, and Blood

tanvi45's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Classism

abcdefgerda's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

4.25

Would totally give a higher score but Mephisto just really bugged me haha. Also a criminal lack of Thomas Cresswell in too big a chunk of the story (honestly any percentage higher than 90% without that man should be illegal)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Racism and Violence

Minor: Classism

our_novel_guild's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I started this book 4 months before finishing it... I LOVE Thomas Cresswell and pray every day I find a man like that, but there was something about this book that made it difficult to read. 
Probably the

love triangle. I am probably the world's greatest hater of cheating and love triangles. And there was cheating present in this book.

However, if you can move past that this book is another testament to Maniscalco's incredible world building and attention to detail.
I'm excited for book #4. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Torture, Infidelity, and Blood

s_panfil's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Mental illness, Vomit, Drug use, Sexism, and Confinement

sfeldmann's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I loved these characters, but the miscommunication trope is what killed this reading for me. The mystery was cool, but I felt like the overused of the previous mentioned trope really took away from the enjoyment of this story. However, that is not to say the story was not good, and the ending was still pretty good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Death, Gore, and Blood

The description of some of these murders gets a little more detailed than the last two books.