Reviews tagging 'Blood'

He Started It by Samantha Downing

6 reviews

riella_reads's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

 This was an overall pretty good thriller. I can definitely see why some people didn't care for this one since the entire book was them on the road. This had the typical unreliable narrator but honestly I didn't trust anybody here. I also didn't really get why their grandpa was so crazy but I guess that's real life lol. This was still a fun time and I'd reccomend this to someone newer to thrillers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infidelity, Blood, Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

kimveach's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Dark and creepy but not the satisfying thriller I expected it to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Confinement, Gaslighting, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Physical abuse

ohhthehorrors's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

brookey8888's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Bye that ending was literally crazy.
The first part of this like nothing really happened and you don’t know like anything so I kept wanting to know what was going on. Then slowly things I didn’t see coming started happening and then everything happened and I saw non of it coming. If you don’t like unlikable characters this one is t for you. But I low key kinda of liked Beth in the beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

pplydm's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Never thought I'd be reading He Started It by Samantha Downing. This book turned out to be the book I'd want to delve into. 
 Eddie, Beth and Portia recreated a childhood road trip experience around the U.S. Only now, their Grandpa who previously supervised their journey, died, cremated into ashes in an urn placed together near the suitcases. The only way to fathom the Morgan family is to be a part of it. They apparently don't comprehend themselves either, hence they betray and lie to each other. This was written comically despite of the sinister character personalities. A rating of 4/5 star because the story ending was utter disappointment for me. I suggest the author can redeem my frustration if she writes a separate novel dedicated to Nikki.
 
 <i>Arguing about every little thing is what makes people hate you, especially when it comes to family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

hastegenga's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book I felt like had a lot of potential but I was disappointed with the end. There were a lot of plot twists but they all happened really close together and then the story ended rather abruptly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Death