Reviews tagging 'Blood'

True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik

13 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

itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Tragic and heartbreaking look at how the world treats us, and in return, how we treat the world. The emotional portrayal of living past abuse, is some of the most poetic and tragic I've ever seen. I only think it ended a little limply.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

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

neverbpractical's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury

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

holbeckghyll's review against another edition

3.0

dark 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: Child abuse, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment

ayereads's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Blood

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

babydog420's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective tense fast-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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A deeply cynical book about how the world breaks and remakes us, and what we think we deserve as a result. A fun read but one that left me wanting something more. Definitely recommend checking trigger warnings if that's something you do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Misogyny, Self harm, Blood, Kidnapping, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail