Reviews tagging 'Death'

Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann

83 reviews

ellaskrovset's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Mental illness, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Self harm, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Confinement, Cursing, Alcoholism, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Gore, and Drug abuse

100_pages_hr's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Blood, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Cursing, and Kidnapping

Minor: Miscarriage

ashlikes's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Death, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Rape, Suicide, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Dementia, Medical content, Sexism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Homophobia

_chella_s'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Rape

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, Grief, Alcohol, Death, and Self harm

_bookally_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.0

I seem to fly through Jennifer Hartmanns books so there must be something about them and like her other books this one is dark, gritty and uncomfortable but I found it very hard to put down.

I enjoyed it but wasn't in love with it like I was with the wrong heart. 

I really liked Dean, he was a great main character and I feel like Hartmann writes males so well. However, I didn't connect as well with Cora.

I will definitely continue to read her books as I really enjoy her writing, the tension building and her main male characters.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Suicide attempt, Death, and Murder

d_fine001's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Stalking, Death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

starrynight111's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide and Infertility

Minor: Death and Alcoholism

evlchk's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Ugh! This one took me a while to get through.  I picked it up because I wanted something dark and full of emotion. The book starts off great and drew me in quickly, but soon lost interest and took long pauses between chapters.  The book was intense while they were being held captive and was a page-turner for me.  I felt it, I was in it! I needed more! After they were free, dealing with their trauma, it became boring. The constant back and forth, should I shouldn't I, annoyed the hell out of me.  I would have DNF'ed it, but I was invested in Dean and Cora.  Don't get me wrong, it was a decent book.  It was emotional and you really felt for them.  Maybe it was the right book at the wrong time.

I read this book on KindleUnlimited.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, Suicide attempt, and Rape

hannahs_library__'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Addiction, Drug abuse, Gore, Rape, Alcohol, Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Dementia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Self harm, Violence, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, and Torture

carolinareadz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, and Animal death

Minor: Infidelity