Reviews tagging 'Blood'

These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

35 reviews

pierrojenesais's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

My soul is permanently damaged, it surely was violent delights😉  *hysterical crying*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mental illness, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident

egg_cup's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

God I love an unreliable narrator and god does this book give you just that. The author's note provides so much context for the plot I wish I'd read it first before diving in because the tone of this novel is just so wretched the whole way through I almost couldn't finish it; I'm still not quite sure how I feel but I am glad I persevered because I grew so fiercely protective of Julian lmao

It wasn't until the last act that the true nature of Paul and Julian's dynamic began to make sense, and the feeling of their increasingly frantic desperation to reach each other is visceral. A perfect depiction of teen angst at its absolute worst, the clearest way I can think to explain the reading experience of this book is to think of the narrative as just one long intrusive thought. Incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Murder, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

himboluvr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

toxic gay people > they are terrible people and this book is fucked up but it’s beautiful and complicated and i want it tattooed on my eyeballs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Animal death, Murder, Classism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

eeeeva's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Murder

enyltiak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, and Stalking

Moderate: Homophobia, Classism, Child abuse, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, and Suicide

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Genocide, and Vomit

iridaceae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and War

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Colonisation, Drug use, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racism, Torture, and Vomit

dhwani's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Murder, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

camsara99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

spookystag's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Antisemitism and Physical abuse

lilifane's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book was recommended to me because it is supposed to be similar to The Secret History. Most of the books compared to The Secret History are not at all similar to it, so I didn't have high hopes. But this book actually delivered. The academic part is not as present and mostly takes place at the beginning of the book and the plot focuses on two characters instead of a friends group, but the vibes are basically the same. 

I have very conflicting feelings about these characters, their toxic relationship and actions. But it was such a good read. I loved it and I hated it, and I was sad but also repulsed. It's complicated...  Also, not much is happening because you spend the whole book in one character's head basically, but I still couldn't put it down. Please look up trigger warnings before reading, though, because... uff! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence