Reviews tagging 'Blood'

All of Us Villains by C.L. Herman, Amanda Foody

136 reviews

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Alcoholism, Blood, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Self harm, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

onemamareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Child death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

ib31's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

It is a well-written book that follows characters who all are in the morally grey zone.
The concept of the story and the characters keep the readers busy and the plottwists create suspense.
I liked that the book has a dark tone and does not sugarcoat anything.
The closer I got to the end of the book the plot twists and the story kept on going and I was trapped in a state of suspense and shock. The book makes you realize you can’t trust anyone because everyone is capable of betraying each other.

All in all, I can not wait for the next book, which hopefully explores the characters and the story even more.

I liked that the story itself was very brutal and that it was expanded with the help of fairy tales and family stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

loki_sdaughter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

4.5 Stars
I was intrigued because this book seemed a lot like the Hunger Games but with magic, and that's what it was, it just felt..... incomplete. Only 4 of the 7 "champions" of the tournament have chapters from their pov's and it felt disgruntled because of that, we were able to gather backstory on those 4, but every other character fell flat in my opinion, it was still a fun read, and I will be reading the second book, but I was so saddened with some of the writing decisions featured in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Animal death, Blood, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol

startjpw23's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Loved the book. Look forward to reading the second and final book in the duology

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Death

aerospace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol

kdelong's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, Blood, and Violence

her's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Murder, Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, and Child abuse

oliverreeds's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

like good but the end just wasnt compelling. i probabky wont read the rest of the series. i think i wanted it to be a stand alone

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, and Violence

ging090803's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

Great book, great idea. Sort of magical hunger games. 
The atmosphere was gloomy and dark which I really liked. 
I also liked the fact that the world was similar but not at all at the same time. Magic is a part of the world but there is some technology such as cameras etc. 
Also, the type of magic was original. I’m used to the “born-with” magic and not the “spell and curse” type of magic. 
But then… it was slow. Everything happened at the end. I liked the characters but some seemed to be too stereotyped. One was the villain who didn’t want to be, one wanted to be a hero, one had to accept her fate against her will… All type of protagonist…
And, ofc, the dilemma that shouldn’t be a dilemma.

I mean, they could end the tournament yet some are capable of saying no to it even though everyone wants it to stop

 
I understand that there is some things to consider but not things more important then the fate of everyone. 
The end felt rush. It was so long to finally end the book with nothing.

the tournament is still on and there are champions who will try to stop the champions who want to stop the tournament… wtf?

She could have written less in the first book to try to really end well and not be force to do a second book etc. 
There is things I didn’t like but it is still a great book that I really appreciated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Blood, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Child death, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Emotional abuse