Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow

50 reviews

kristinallard's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, and Blood

blubonby's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

this is so easily a 5 stars. Everything about this is amazing. So much story and life and feeling packed into every single one of these pages. I genuinely can’t even believe it’s only 30 pages long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Death

vj_thompson's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

So much emotion was packed in the 30 pages. The writing is beautiful and lyrical. I felt like I was there standing next to the main character and her squire. The ending, wow wow wow. The ending gave me chills. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, War, Torture, Toxic relationship, Child death, Classism, Gore, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

dancing_daisy's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I was sceptical that a story could hold any weight when it is so short, but this book truly makes you feel like you’ve read a full length series. It truly left me speechless. It is so well written and compelling, I was crying by the end, it’s so utterly heartbreaking but in the best way possible. I think it may be one of my favourite reads ever!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, War, Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

gothamites's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Although this is a very short story, I absolutely adored it!! It functions more as a character study than a narrative, and the use of second person put me off at first but quickly felt like the perfect choice. I’d kill to read this again for the first time. 

Also, the plot twist?? I somehow didn’t see it coming holy shit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

abicaro17's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

I had never given a book under 100 pages more than 4 stars. This book deserves it. Not only does the author manage to establish a good story, but she manages to establish character traits and flaws as well! Almost no names or specifics but the weight of the plot balances out any need for specifics. I will be reading all these other novellas and possibly whatever else this author has written. My life was somehow changed by 30 pages! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Classism, Child death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Murder, Torture, and Toxic friendship

peggy_racham's review

5.0

"I know him, and in knowing him I love him, and in loving him I cannot do as he wishes."

Never has a shorter story made me this emotional. Also second person prespective, which I love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Body horror, Death, Grief, Violence, Colonisation, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, War, Gore, and Murder

biobeetle's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Confinement, Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Blood and Child abuse

adri_13's review

fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, War, and Gore

Minor: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Suicide

anemonima's review

dark sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, and War