Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson

7 reviews

dizpig's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Blood, Classism, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, Vomit, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexism, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Cursing

Minor: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Body horror, and Suicidal thoughts

keijiwolf's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Body horror, Blood, Stalking, Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Gun violence, Torture, Gore, Gaslighting, and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual content, Rape, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse and Suicide

christy_dor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content and Gore

disquiet's review

tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Gore and Murder

hillarydanielle's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Male voices of the audiobook weren’t great and the third person narrative was strange since the story was all from Abigail’s point of view. Pretty predictable storyline but relatively fast paced, would recommend reading in one go. Overall felt like an unfinished first draft, lots of potential but nothing was fully connected  and fleshed out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexism, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Rape

moonlit_paperbacks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape

lisacanteven's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book starts out very innocent and slow. The first 75 pages are back story, although I am not sure all of it was necessary. There were chapters at the beginning that I thought could have totally been omitted, but I'm sure they were there to meet a page quota.  I knew from Peter Swanson's past books that he tends to pack a big punch after a pretty slow build-up. However, it felt like a lot of his "build-up" was uncalled for. Not unenjoyable - but just not necessary. 

Once the story kicked off, things moved pretty quickly. Most of the twists and turns were totally unexpected. The last 75 pages were the exact opposite of the first 75. I could not put the book down, and my heart was racing the whole time. I haven't had a book do that to me in a long time. Surprisingly this was my first thriller of 2021 (yes, it's the end of March), and I was not disappointed in it. I won't be rushing out to read Swanson's other books, but I would like to read more by him eventually.

There was some talk about rape for a consensual sexual act. I felt like the mislabel of rape could be a triggering for some.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Rape