Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Master of Salt & Bones by Keri Lake

34 reviews

xoxo_bookishbabe's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Keri Lake is truly a master of her craft with the way she layers her stories with mystery, secrets, and various dark elements. She creates something so deliciously dark and beautiful that I find myself enthralled, unable to get enough. 

I’m perhaps a bit too good at piecing together mysteries, though, because I did find some of the twists of the story to be predictable. But, truly if you’re paying attention, it’s easy to pick up on the clues for when the twist is revealed later. This isn’t a point of contention for me because I still very much enjoyed the book. 

If you’re a dark romance, romantic suspense, etc reader and you haven’t read Keri Lake, I’m assuming you live under a rock. She just knows how to write ‘em and this book was no exception. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Suicide, Addiction, Infidelity, Mental illness, Alcohol, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Moderate: Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Toxic relationship

jackiespider's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Child death, Self harm, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

aklovekorn's review

dark tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Torture, Kidnapping, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, and Drug abuse

adventuring_librarian's review against another edition

Death of a child, not willing to finish.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Child abuse

mkc_0423's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Dementia

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Suicide, Child death, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

cassattack's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

jlaz_13's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Self harm, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Sexual violence, Slavery, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Death, and Dementia

Minor: Confinement, Stalking, War, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Drug abuse

lea_fox's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Holy shit, I finished a book. AND, holy shit this book was dark but I loved it. Loved the age gap romance and the two main characters. Surprises galore. Did I mention it was dark? Check out the content warnings for sure. I will be reading more of this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

helenxhan's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

so fucked up but i love it 
trigger warnings should have been mentioned at the beginning but when you like fucked up dark romances and characters with a tragic background it's the perfect book for you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Addiction, Violence, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Murder, Child abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Child death

Moderate: Pregnancy and Torture

zookeepermel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

2.25

The story was different and interesting. But a little too dark for me to want to read it again or recommend it. I appreciated the twists 

Trigger warnings should have been stated at the beginning of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment