Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson

15 reviews

kay_chan's review

dark mysterious 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

3.0

Think "A Simple Favor" crossed with T Kingfisher and Butcher/Blackbird. 

Great vibes, but a bit too predictable for me. By 30% in I had figured out the ending. Last chapter was 10/10 unhinged. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Cannibalism

megj23's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Gore, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Vomit, and Murder

hexedmaiden's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

5.0

Okay so this might just be my favorite book of the year. 
If you are a Hannibal (TV) fan and Hannigram shipper you're gonna love this book about as much as I do. Seeing as the author is also a fan I feel a kinship.
I kinda knew what was going to happen pretty early on but I was here for the journey of how we were going to get there and god this was so fun. I hope Dawson has some horror in her backlist or more coming in the future cause I definitely want to read more by her

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Body horror, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse

kelnicash's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault

_hauntingtales_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

unlike Rosemary, I support her wrongs.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Torture, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death

tarak20's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Gore, Torture, Emotional abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

afaerytale's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

A great cottagecore horror short with a guessable but enjoyable twist near the end however the very end twist surprised me. A really good read, you could almost taste the cupcakes and smell the scented soaps!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual violence, Gore, Vomit, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

etfarouche's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping and Toxic relationship

anreha's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Easily one of the most beautiful books I've read in a while. The imagery created from beautiful sentences adds so much more to the story. I'll be reccomending this book to everyone I know. The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is because Ro's monologing was a bit tedious to read at some points of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, Animal death, and Murder

thepaperwitch's review against another edition

dark medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Torture, Cannibalism, Animal death, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Gore, and Stalking

A lot of these content warnings are in the background and made through connecting the dots or discovery after the fact/cliffhanger kind of inferring, but I still added them.