Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy

126 reviews

saccharinewoe's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

something about this book made me feel so much dread at times i was holding my breath, especially with the paranormal stuff lol. had great pacing and was written really well. it was nice to read about an MC that's an older perimenopausal woman (

even if she's got a serial killer in her head

)... i feel like those experiences are often shoved aside or talked about in hush because of how much shame is (unfortunately) tied to aging - which was definitely one of the base motifs in this. i really enjoyed this book a lot and was gagged to the very end lol like it kept me guessing! of course, i would've liked it if it came from the voice of a middle-aged women but as the afterword said - i hope this does open up these conversations so there's more appreciation of that life period for women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

megbroache's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

klhunter42's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I devoured the first 75% of the book but the last quarter dragged on and seemed to over stay it's welcome.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ncastro098's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Mary was a wild ride and took a lot of turns I wasn't expecting. I loved nearly every moment. I listened to this one on audible and the narrator, Susan Bennett, performed the best narration I have ever listened to. She was able to portray all the characters without making anyone sound goofy and really brought the main character to life. Would highly recommend for audio, just maybe get the consent of anyone in listening range, because Mary doesn't hold back. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death

staci_stasis's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was innovative and fun as hell. Bit lengthy around the middle part though. The narration by Susan Bennett fucking slaps, I can really recommend getting the audiobook 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

natspat98's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Torture and Violence

zankzank's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

I really do not understand the high reviews…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

princess_marie's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It was a good and interesting story that did keep me engaged but it got a little too weird for my taste (almost to the point of being "silly").

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

story_of_steph's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

I’m not sure what I was expecting but it wasn’t that. Weird. I didn’t love it but didn’t hate it either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

brea's review

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail