Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Blood Promise by Richelle Mead

8 reviews

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

1.0

2024 (1 star): This is such a drastic turn from the first three. The first three books were a fun little YA adventure with wild dramatic twists in each one. This book features a random trip to Russia with an idealized abusive relationship. 0/10
The plot follows Rose now in Russia pursuing Dimitri but first, she meets Sydney a human alchemist and Dimitri's entire family as well as an older Russian spirit and shadow-kissed couple. I yet again think this could've been a great Sapphic bodyguard trope story but alas. This book was so frustrating as for some reason we go against all of Rose's personality traits and she becomes a drugged-up Stockholm syndrome girlie. AND YET SHE STILL LOVES HIM this is not it guys

2014 (3 stars): I really didn't like this one as much as the first three in the series. I don't know whether or not my impression of the book was effected by my stress from the school work and musical that my show is putting on or not but I really just didn't like this one. It felt wrong and was sad throughout pretty much the entire thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Kidnapping, Classism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

violet_viper's review

emotional funny tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Murder and Sexual content

hoffmann's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

not as good as the last one, or the first one, but better than the second. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Self harm, Classism, and Mental illness

the_escapist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Confinement

Minor: Forced institutionalization

fireheart_2010's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual content, Confinement, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Grief, Death, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Murder, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Blood, Alcoholism, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Torture, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

martamae77's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Blood, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual violence and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Suicide attempt and Mental illness

beaudoindani17's review

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, Grief, Cursing, and Physical abuse

Minor: Car accident

noellelovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

I started a reread a few months ago but I was close to hitting a bad reading slump so I put it down. Luckily I annotated and wrote notes so I didn't have to start all over...just pick up where I left off. 😎

Anywho, this book has some areas that felt like filler...at the same time I totally get that they were necessary to the story. Definitely teared up a few times...and cannot wait to reread the final 2 books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Bullying

Minor: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment