Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

12 reviews

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Violence, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Blood

Minor: Abandonment

redempta's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

5🌟

Second book in the series and second hit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Body horror, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment

brooklyn0426's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.75

Couldn't put this book down! Jsut finished reading it 5 minutes ago and already have the next book in my lap ready to go. The characters just keep getting better and I'm getting more and more attached to them all. The cases continue to keep my guessing and even if I think I have an idea of what's going to happen, I may only be the slightest bit correct, but never fully, and always more intriguing than I can imagine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Torture, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide

firehandpt's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Murder, Confinement, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

styxx's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment and Child abuse

xapoptosisx's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

My favourite genre found family that hunt serial killers together. Ahhh ok I love this series I can't wait to read the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Death, Misogyny, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Stalking, and Sexism

rylin_marie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Blood, Domestic abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, and Stalking

milpeaches's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Very fun read, lots of suspense but time jumps were strange. For example, there would be a scene where certain individuals were in a car together travelling but instead of using that for a plot device, Barnes used a time jump to skip over the potential that was there. Aside from missed opportunities,. very enjoyable!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Stalking, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence and Blood

kaitlynnnng's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

The first book in this series didn’t hit me the way I’d hoped it would, but I’m so glad I kept reading, because I loved this book! I felt much more connected to the characters, and the storyline was more interesting.

Throughout the story, I thought I knew what was happening, and then something would change my mind, and then I’d be confused, and then the cycle would repeat. In the end, I was so right and so wrong at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Stalking, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Abandonment, Child abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

lucyford's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

Like the first book, I really enjoyed this one. I loved how the Naturals all developed in their own ways and how we found so much out about all of them. The new characters were very interesting, and there were quite a few fun scenes in this book. The only thing that bothered me a bit was how it was sort of dragged out more than it needed to be, and all the twists were kind of clustered close to the end that

changed the whole case so that there were multiple killers, which kind of ruined the fun of trying to find out which of the suspects it actually was

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Kidnapping, Death, Violence, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Confinement, and Child abuse