Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Good Samaritan by John Marrs

8 reviews

gnarlykaitlyn's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Suicide, and Gaslighting

mairi99's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, and Bullying

tspice24's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Suicide

tealightfultomes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

It took me a few chapters to get into this one, but I'm so glad I stuck with it. Initially it creeped me out massively, as I share a name with the main character and used to volunteer on a helpline, but once I got over that mental block I could barely put this down. Side note: I can tell an actual volunteer has contributed as it was very accurate when it came to describing how these helplines work behind the scenes, apart from the part where a volunteer agreed to turn the cameras off in the face to face room. I couldn't help but shout "no, what are you doing?!" at that part. That being said, I know some vols really do see the absolute best in everyone, so it's plausible that someone as manipulative as Laura could persuade her to do it. 

Laura is absolutely, hands down one of the most repulsive characters I've ever read about. Even with her past, I struggled to feel any empathy for her, but I couldn't wait to see how things turned out. It's also the first time in a while that a book has made the bottom drop out of my stomach - this one did it a few times. Highly recommend but please don't read it if suicide is a trigger, it was rough going at times. I'll definitely be looking at this author's other work, amazing story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

toniibelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Animal cruelty

janbee's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

peachani's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide, Gore, Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, and Child abuse

Moderate: Stalking, Addiction, Fatphobia, Blood, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Medical content, Dysphoria, Cursing, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

amjones's review against another edition

4.0

Whew, this book was intense, dark, and fucked up. Tons of trigger warnings. Couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Animal death