Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

75 reviews

twistykris's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

A unique urban fantasy with a combination of plant magic, Greek mythology, and mystery. It starts off feeling very cozy, with our main character, Briseis, navigating the world with her power of growing plants. It's kept completely secret, with only her adoptive mothers knowing about her power. Shortly after a frightening and confusing incident with a poisonous plant, Briseis receives word she's inherited a huge house from her biological aunt, so her and her mothers move from the city to a small town. After arriving, strange things start to happen and strange people start showing up on the property, turning this cozy story into one of riddles and suspense.

There are some great characters and the building secrets kept me engaged for the entire book. There was a surprising amount of Greek mythology, which I am always interested in reading. The queer rep was SO cute and the ending left me with my jaw on the floor and tears in my eyes and I immediately borrowed the sequel- This Wicked Fate- audiobook from the library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence

sonygaystation's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Grief, Toxic friendship, and Pregnancy

lennie_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

befrazzledenby's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gore, and Blood

kaitkat2213's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something green. The is amazing, not a retelling but heavy myth based but a new twist, opens a realm of possibilities and very much feels like a crumb chaser, following along on this mystery path. It definitely leaves you wanting more and more and more. It’s beautiful, even if a tad slow at the start.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Murder

rmperezpadilla's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Murder, and Sexism

Possibly obvious from the title, but there are several detailed descriptions of the effects of poisonous plants.

notsobinaryart's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Minor: Toxic friendship and Animal death

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

• Black girl magic
• Sapphic
• Gothic
• Plant magic/apothecary 
• Greek mythology

[audiobook] - Immediately immersive and interesting. Reads very easily and quickly. I was fascinated by all the plant information, must have taken quite a bit of research. I loved Bri's parents and their relationship. I'm excited for the sequel and glad I already have it on my shelf. 

SO now I'm gonna read The Secret Garden (as this is a retelling)... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Grief, Animal death, and Racism

Death of parent on page (poison)

emilyhv's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Cursing and Emotional abuse

nykolereads's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Murder

Moderate: Blood