Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

26 reviews

lucyford's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Like the first book, I really enjoyed this one. I loved how the Naturals all developed in their own ways and how we found so much out about all of them. The new characters were very interesting, and there were quite a few fun scenes in this book. The only thing that bothered me a bit was how it was sort of dragged out more than it needed to be, and all the twists were kind of clustered close to the end that

changed the whole case so that there were multiple killers, which kind of ruined the fun of trying to find out which of the suspects it actually was

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Kidnapping, Death, Violence, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Confinement, and Child abuse

vj_thompson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Just as good as the first one. There was something missing for me which was the further development of the romance. Sorry, I’m a romance girly at heart 💜 I still loved the twists and figuring out who the serial killer was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Gore

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Bullying and Medical content

mrsalexisrjones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This is the second book in the series and it focuses on Dean, his history, and how that ties into the now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Violence

bookaholics_anonymous's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

noceur's review

tense medium-paced

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

3.0

 this was paced slower compared to the first one was and i kinda guessed everything before they happened so yeah 
also i really don't care about the romance aspect i think the book would have been better without the love triangle ( and i think it was kinda poorly written)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide

melissajohnson2017's review

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse