Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Drowning by T.J. Newman

25 reviews

ruthypoo2's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Such an enjoyable and taut thriller. I easily read this in one day because it engaged me right from the start and the urgency of the situation described in the story never let up. I found the events and actions of all the characters believable.

This is a very well written story and the audiobook narration by Steven Weber and Laura Benanti was top notch. Their ability to inhabit the unique personalities of the distinctive characters really brought the story to life, especially as there are many emotionally charged situations that required thoughtful delivery in order to avoid being overly dramatic. 

I highly recommend the book in any format and will be on the lookout for more from this author!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Death

Minor: Blood

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Excrement, Violence, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Cancer, and Cursing

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Cursing, Suicide, Blood, Confinement, Child death, Grief, Vomit, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Cancer

roksyreads's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-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

4.25

An excellent, tense, and well-written thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Car accident, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

kelsokake's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Absolutely riveting. It had me hooked from the first sentence and i devoured it in one sitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cancer

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Phenomenal book. This had me enthralled from the first to last page. The characters, the writing, the plot, all amazing. I loved it so much and it made me feel so anxious and made me cry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Gore, Confinement, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body horror, Death, Child death, Blood, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

atamano's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Cancer, Infidelity, and Violence

brittonmc1221's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Blood, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

amhud1030's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child death, Death, Grief, Blood, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

locpressedbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

Real shit, the only reason this is getting 4 stars instead of 5 is because of how the one black character was portrayed. 

1. Playin on the stereotypes w/ her being unable to swim 
2. And her being the comic relief 

Those two things aside, it still was a good book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Cursing

Minor: Blood and Vomit