Reviews tagging 'Murder'

God of Pain by Rina Kent

9 reviews

culzean's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Cursing, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

bookdragong24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Moderate: Torture, Child abuse, Grief, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

when the relationship of the main couple starts getting serious they are 20 and 17 (about a month before she's 18)

djm_chal's review against another edition

dark 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

1.5

Most of this book felt like watching a car crash, not enjoyable but unable to look away. There were points when I thought it wasn't horrible or that it might be getting better but would soon make me cringe again. Some things about this book just gave me the ick. I've DNF'ed books for way less in the past, but my curiosity got the best of me, and it was not worth it in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Murder

abreese's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed this book a lot more than the first one (it just felt more developed and had a more nuanced approach to trauma shaping a person) but the ending felt like it dragged a little. 

I also wish it had been made a little clearer that Creigh was running away from everything just as much an Anika was especially regarding the escape to the island. But that’s just a little nitpick frustration I had as a reader that made my faith start to waver.

Overall though I really enjoyed it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Murder and Suicide

simone01's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Violence

agoraphobic_crawfish's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

emilycruz1016's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

laura_rheads_too_much's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

ymread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts