Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

All These Bodies by Kendare Blake

21 reviews

marleens's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

After enjoying my time with this book a lot, the ending was a letdown. I don’t mind not having everything tied up neatly but in this book so many questions are left unanswered, and plot points unexplained. It’s a shame because there was a lot of good stuff in here. I liked the writing style and the setting by and atmosphere, and really liked Michael and his relationships with Marie and Percy. With a few more answers at the end this could have been an excellent read overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Child abuse and Animal death

vismyth's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.5

It's a 2 and a half for the interesting setup and initial ambiguity that really does drag you into the story wondering whether there is a supernatural twist or not and what happened to end up with a teenage girl drenched in blood surrounded by bodies
but that ambiguity is never resolved and the ending isnt satisfying enough to make up for it

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexism, Confinement, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Cannibalism

implied sexual assault, implied grooming of a minor

lsalyer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Grief, Murder, Death, Blood, Bullying, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Torture, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Gore, and Vomit

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

Tense and mysterious, this fictionalized account of a string of unsolved murders, a framed (?) girl, and the sheriff’s son who documents her side of the story kept me up well past my bedtime. As a big fan of Blake’s Buffy novels, I’m glad I picked up this one! Though the somewhat open-ended ending frustrated me a bit, it also made sense given the entire novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Blood

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Animal death

elbellreads's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Murder, Blood, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: 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.

bookishjaybird's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Pedophilia

mandkips's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal death

Minor: Child abuse and Rape

vaniavela's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Sixteen bloodless bodies. Two teenagers. An impossible explanation.

Michael was an interesting narrator. He was able to separate his emotions from the investigation at such a young age and with no prior experience, which is impressive.

This book focuses on someone who doesn't talk at all, either to defend herself or plead guilty, which was somehow boring and annoying. There are no breakthroughs or investigations, there is just Michael trying to get Marie to talk and Marie refusing to do so.

We never find out what really happened. I wanted answers and instead got an ambiguous ending. The pacing was also slow, which didn't help.

In the end, I'm not sure how I felt about this book. I couldn't even tell if the story included paranormal elements or not. I would have liked some action moments in the story, but that wasn't the case. 

This just disappointed me, it had so much potential, but in the end it was poorly executed.

tw: murder, blood, death, adult/minor relationship, animal death, physical abuse, child abuse, rape, sexism, abandonment, underage alcohol consumption, child death, confinement, death of parent, grief, misogyny,  violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexism

kjn1329's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Stalking, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence