Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

22 reviews

starlightandcoffee's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Child death, Death, Murder, Blood, Racism, Cursing, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Gore

reddeddy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Child death, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, Car accident, Violence, Racial slurs, Grief, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Body horror, Chronic illness, Police brutality, Death, Racism, Stalking, Gore, Blood, Cursing, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Classism, Rape, Medical content, Sexual content, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Genocide, and Colonisation

dana_naylor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.75

Book is well-written and I’ll probably try reading Cosby’s other books, but boy is this rough to read!
Serious trigger warnings and what I’m putting in spoiler text is within first quarter of book.

Snuff films of teens being tortured and murdered. Very disturbing.

I don’t know if I could have handled listening to audiobook. Needed to take pretty frequent breaks from book as I approached the end. I found it more horror than mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Mass/school shootings

katyps78's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Hate crime

hufflepuffbiologybuff's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

Great and gripping start, mediocre middle, decent ending. 
I think the slow pace in the book turned me off from the story for some time. I thought about dropping the book a few times but I continued. 
I did enjoy the last few pages. 
Would I read it again? No. Would I recommend it? To some people. 
I wouldn't mind trying out this author again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Mass/school shootings, Cursing, Racism, Kidnapping, and Pedophilia

megmccreery's review

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This was so dark and twisted but so layered. Definitely not for the faint of heart. I loved it and was genuinely creeped out. I would love to see this turned into a movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Cursing, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Torture, Abandonment, Police brutality, Body horror, Slavery, Violence, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Blood, Pedophilia, Death, Racism, Racial slurs, Medical content, Murder, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, Classism, Chronic illness, and Stalking

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

amalas_bookstop's review

dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The setting of this book is a gritty southern town in Virginia. You have a newly elected sherif who is black. He was voted in from the black community and the new residents that are moving in. The other side of the county is white and they are apart of a group called the sons of the confederacy. As if the racial tension was not enough. You also have the backdrop of a serial killer running amuck in the town. 

Please read trigger warnings before diving into this one.

S. A. Cosby does a wonderful job describing the town and the tension that Titus (sheriff) has to navigate through. However, there were a few plot holes for me on this one. He introduces tons of characters some who do not have anything to do with the major crime that is being investigated. I also wanted to know more about the connection of the actual criminals once they were uncovered. He left too many loose ends for me. 

Regardless I felt this book was just ok.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Classism, Blood, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, Murder, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Child death, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Gore, Grief, and Death of parent

afriduss's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Classism, Grief, Stalking, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gore, Blood, Cursing, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Child death

wytnie's review against another edition

Not writing the book off i want to try again at another time but i think i just started it at a bad time for me. Also there was a surprise content wise and i wish there had a been a trigger warning page before the book started

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Racism, Medical content, and Addiction

Minor: Mass/school shootings and Death of parent

ereyesmena's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Religious bigotry, Torture, Murder, Grief, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Racism, Hate crime, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence