Reviews tagging 'Gore'

True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik

11 reviews

koopykake's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was an incredible read. I think about it all the time and it’s been years since I first experienced 
 it. It’s a shame taken a step back from the public eye but she’s incredibly talented and I hope she can someday safely and comfortably come back to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood

lunababybat's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I'm not sure how to feel about this one. It was good, fine. But it felt like something was missing. To me, at least, it wasn't really splatterpunk. It was disturbing at first, but once the two siblings set off, it really didn't do much aside from a lot of introspection. Which is fine, but not what I was looking for in an extreme horror book. I can tell the author was trying to convey a message, but I'm not sure what it was by the end. Writing itself was fine, more character driven than anything, but it just was missing something. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment

heathersbooks100's review against another edition

3.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Sexual harassment

dee_elizabeth's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Loved this book so much. I found myself relating to some of the concepts that were mentioned when it comes to being a woman and it made me so emotional lol. This author writes very very well, and this is her first book? I'm amazed and so impressed. Would 100% read more books by this author. This was such a good book, definitely recommend anyone to read it. (If you're into this genre) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

abbiewhitehead's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent

8sophie8's review against another edition

2.5

dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Gore

ciarasweeney's review against another edition

3.0

fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence

makaylaagomez's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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So nauseating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Murder

hmatteson's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder

karamelka_kar19's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is incredibly short and long at the same time. It's a story of abuse, rape and pain. The main character Suzy felt real in her struggle, not made up by someone in their cozy room at home. Beautiful and raw, wow. 

But..at the end I wasn't really connected to the story because the amount of violence constantly threw me off, it seemed more like a shiny accessory to the plot. Honestly, we could've gotten to the point of the story without half of it. Also...the marketing of this book? Why portray it as a true crime story? Doesn't make sense to me.

Not a bad book, probably just not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Excrement, Car accident, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Kidnapping, Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol