Reviews

All The Blood We Share by Camilla Bruce

shanaconda's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.25

 **spoiler alert** I already knew the story of the Benders, and thus knew that this was truly a work of fiction (given that we know so little actual detail). My issue is with the characterization of the Bender family. They were so...cartoonish, I guess? Ma and Pa were more believable, but goodness were Kate and John just not meshing with me. You're telling me that no one can sit John down and tell him to get over his stepsister and maybe stop beating up every dude who looks at her? And Kate was just so over-the-top evil that it made me think that the author read a pop-psych description of a psychopath and layered her behavior over it.

Overall, the way the book was written made me think that the author is definitely one of "those" true crime fans: the ones who focus on salacious details of killings and revel in the psychopathy of criminals. It's a very My Favorite Murder way of viewing crime (don't come for me, they're super problematic), and it left a bad taste in my mouth 

bookwormymegan's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

sdunn13's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

ursalita's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Writing was dull, characters not well developed. Disappointing because I liked the author’s first book

mixpix's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

khyland's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

3.0

luciearan's review against another edition

4.0

*** Všechna ta krev, co nás spojuje ***
I přes to, že jsem se k předchozí autorčině knize zatím nedostala, neodolala jsem a začetla jsem rovnou do knihy druhé. A rozhodně nelituji. Příběh je to zajímavý, čtivý a poutavý o to víc, že se zakládá na skutečném příběhu existujících lidí. Jeho nevšednost je pak o to víc umocněna prostředím i dobou, v níž se děj odehrává. I přes lehkou čtecí krizi, se kterou už nějakou dobu bojuji, mě celý příběh vtáhl a četl se mi velice dobře. Jak už jsem zmínila, knihu V zahradě zášti jsem zatím neměla možnost si přečíst, takže nemohu srovnávat, v každém případě mě však tento příběh přesvědčil o tom, že autorka píše dobře a i její první knihu pravděpodobně stojí za to, si ji přečíst.

bkclub4one's review against another edition

3.0

You can listen to my review here https://anchor.fm/wtfreads/episodes/Episode-3--All-The-Blood-We-Share-by-Camilla-Bruce-e1t7n92

okieghost's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

mhmissey's review against another edition

4.0

Weird but so believable