Reviews tagging 'Blood'

These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

35 reviews

mathildemroy's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, and Emotional abuse

abrasieve's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Classism

Moderate: Self harm, Grief, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Car accident

chrisbrettell's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

3.75 🌟 

A character study on obsession.

Comparable to A Little Life in terms of the relationship dynamics and strong writing by Micah Nemerever. But, definitely more of a twisted, psychological-thriller vibe.

I really enjoyed it. I just found it to be a bit repetitive (at times.) The last 14 pages were chaotic, but I enjoyed where it was going until I wasn’t and then it ended on a vague note.

Still, a really interesting story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Self harm, and Grief

wackly93's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Murder, Suicide, Self harm, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Stalking, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent

niccolowilliam's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Wow. Damn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Suicide attempt, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Outing, and Antisemitism

Minor: Police brutality and War

danaaliyalevinson's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Two disaffected queer Jewish teens are drawn into each other’s arms and pull each other down a dark path from which neither can escape. That’s the most I can say without spoiling things. This book is dark as hell. It also pulled off a rare feat. The story could’ve been very pulpy and quick paced. Like the story itself feels like it could’ve been a snappy, dark, Palahniuk book. But instead, it really focused on the interior lives of the characters and stayed quite literary from start to finish. The characters were also incredibly  fascinating, despite, and often because of their maladaptive  thoughts and behavior. And the writing still made me root for them when they were doing despicable things. The prose is gorgeous as well. The ending is jaw dropping. Highly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Grief, and Murder

elioreadsbooks's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book is one of the best made tragedies I’ve ever read. The threads of the story are laid out fantastically and tie together perfectly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Toxic relationship

sarawisdom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Suicide, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Murder, Grief, Death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia

irissantos's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

Não fazia a mínima ideia do que esperar quando comecei a ler.
Gosto de ir com as expectativas em aberto, e costuma ser boa ideia.

Foi complicado engrenar na leitura porque a maior parte da narração gira à volta do desenvolvimento e paisagem psicológicos dos personagens e por vezes perdi noção do que estava a acontecer no mundo físico do enredo.

Assim que fiz o "aquecimento" consegui ler o resto num quarto do tempo que me levou a ler a primeira metade.

O foco deste livro é o que acontece quando um adolescente dá ouvidos e alimenta a sua fúria da adolescência, auxiliado por um parceiro narcisista e arrogante.

Juntos acreditam que podem tudo e que são mais astutos que todos. Enquanto isso a sua relação colapsa, é fragmentada e colada de novo, uma e outra vez, com promessas vazias e uma montanha russa tóxica de lovebombing e afastamentos repentinos.

Uma excelente obra de estreia deste autor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Alcohol, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia, Addiction, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty

charliesbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

life changing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicide, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Homophobia

Minor: War