Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

All These Bodies by Kendare Blake

6 reviews

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Alcohol

vixenreader's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The ending is anti-climatic, but the story still has an interesting perspective in how individual view and rationalize their own truths, despite never really knowing the truth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Misogyny, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Sexual content, Vomit, and Cursing

Minor: Car accident, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

There is also scenes of imprisonment and guilt, as well as disturbing mythology.

em_5460's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book had a very high concept and was excellent for the first 2/3. However, once it came to wrapping things up, I was very disappointed.

The choice to not reveal the Blood Drinker left me feeling unsatisfied. The book opened all these loose ends with the Blood Drinker and his relationship to Marie that it never tied up. I think that by changing the last third to a plot in which the Blood Drinker is identified and punished would finish this story up amazingly. It is a bit of a lazy ending, since what you expect to happen, Marie getting blamed and executed, is exactly what happens.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Child death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexism

maple_dove's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

This is definitely one of those mystery books where not every big question is answered by the end.

I really enjoyed seeing how Marie's and Michael's relationship played out. The way misogyny and sexism was portrayed and explained also gave me joy.

This book wasn't nothing like I expected, but I still liked the book nonetheless!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Animal death, Sexism, Death, Drug use, Gore, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

insidious_toxins's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Stalking

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Rape, and Sexual content

bnelson13's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Really great story. I read most of it in a day. It was hard to put down and so so captivating. The ending wasn't really what I wanted, but it was a good ending all the same. I loved the characters of Marie and Michael. Such a good story, I could not say it enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Violence