Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

32 reviews

cealotte's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.0

I LOVED Adalyn Grace's previous YA duology, so I was really excited for this one. Overall, I enjoyed the writing and the mystery. But.

I found it super weird that Death had known her since she was a baby and been following her since then. Given that, I was hoping he'd just be a creepy mentor. Not the love interest. 

Also, I was very disappointed that Signa didn't tell anyone the truth about Percy at the end. It felt cruel that everyone was going to keep hoping he'd come back—that they'd potentially spend the rest of their lives looking for him.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Vomit and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Gore

theresamothinmyroom's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Alcoholism, Grief, Medical trauma, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, and Gore

sweet_t_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

New Adult not Young Adult

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Sexual content

kwthor's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical trauma, Gore, Death, Confinement, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

kiwij96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This is such a well-written and emotionally engaging book to start a series. I was genuinely hooked from the first sentence and tried to guess what was going to happen throughout only to be right once. Don't let the "romance" trick you though, this was a fantastic murder mystery throughout. If murder mysteries and connecting with Death were set in the world of Bridgerton. So if any of that seems like your kind of thing then I 100% recommend this book.

Literally my only gripe with this book was the romance. Personally, I thought it was a bit disjointed and didn't work with the overall theme of the book. This would have done wonderfully as a historical fantasy mystery, the romance just adds nothing to it other than 2-3 counts of implied, but unnecessary, sexual content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Vomit, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual content

_charliesbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Death of parent, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Addiction, Drug abuse, Body horror, and Drug use

theycallmebookish's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Fantasy. Paranormal activity. Gothic. Romance. Murder mystery. Morally grey characters. If you feel drawn to any of these themes, the book is for you! Signa is an orphan about to come into her inheritance but death seems to follow her wherever she goes. She finally finds a home and a family but death seems to have found her. The characters are so well written. You genuinely start to love them or hate them in the best way possible. I spent many late nights reading this one because it was hard to put down. But I will say I wouldn’t mind some more explicit spicy time between a certain two characters 👀

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, and Violence

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Vomit, Abandonment, Blood, Sexism, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Gore, Alcoholism, Death, Classism, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Murder, Alcohol, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail

kaylareads06's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Gore, and Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming

libellumartinae's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

I'd like to say that I had high expectation for this book. I got into it because it was publicized as Death falling in love with a human, which is true but it's just a minimal part of the plot. the rest is all following a mystery that you can solve yourself. there's no further revelation nor investigation and the one is kept painfully flat all throughout the entirety of the book. it was truly an underwhelming read I am sad to admit.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, and Death