Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Good Girl by Mary Kubica

7 reviews

kshurtz13's review

dark 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Grief, Blood, Gun violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

tab9's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood, Rape, Self harm, and Vomit

bella_t_16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Mental illness, Death, and Abortion

Moderate: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief, Gore, Pregnancy, Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Rape and Medical content

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

3.0

As thrillers go, this one did not keep me on the edge of my seat the way I would like. I didn’t love the way the chapters went back and forth between before and after the main character is returned to her family. I kept reading to discover the reason for one key plot detail to be exposed and when it was, it was less than compelling. I found the story to be believable, probably because the twists weren’t all that dramatic. The epilogue came as no shock to me as I guessed this person’s connection to the crime about a hundred pages prior due to a bit of foreshadowing that was too on the nose. I feel the book and the premise are just okay, not great and not terrible. It’s just an average thriller to me. 

ETA: after thinking on it for a few days, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that this book has some subtle language that is somewhat racist in nature. The comments I’m referring to made me feel uncomfortable as a white woman, reading a book written by another white woman. Definitely something to think about…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Stalking, Violence, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Gun violence

espressoreader's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

He is so poor he never had a Christmas gift, but he was in Boy Scouts. 😂🤣😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Police brutality

Minor: Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Classism, and Mental illness

tspice24's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abortion, Blood, Death, and Suicide

sophiamoneva's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

This is my one of my favourite true crime books that I’ve ever read. It is just wonderful. It’s so dark and goes so much into the emotional aspect not to mention the idea that both of the MC’s are f*cked up in their own ways. *Chef’s kiss*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence