Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Hide by Kiersten White

136 reviews

bowlingforboots's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, and Body horror

Minor: Lesbophobia and Murder

aaronreadsatad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Body horror, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Classism, Confinement, and Cursing

sorceressreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

from the very first chapter, I knew this would be a five star. I knew this book would not disappoint. And I was so right! Loved how the author depicted the nowdays 20-something, that (my) generation who struggles to fit in because this world was not made for them. The interactions between the generations is so accurate, ma'am I couldn't stop thinking about it. This book is so reflective of our society. I laughed with the characters and I feared with and for them too, and that's what I like in a book. That's also how you recognise a good book.
Kiersten White transport us in a reality not so far from ours, one in which we keep living in the exact same cycles, as she put it in the acknowledgement. Generations after generations we make the same mistakes. Will we wake up and say fck it, today we change?

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Blood, Death, and Toxic relationship

axel_p's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I Hated all the characters, they didn't have any personality except for the stereotypes.
None of the characters had any chemistry with eachother.
The ending sucked.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Religious bigotry, Ableism, Animal death, Death, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Self harm, Homophobia, Infidelity, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, and Child death

jaimc's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Classism, Gore, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Minor: War, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, and Lesbophobia

kmiff's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Child death, and Gun violence

ilaxaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Ableism, Lesbophobia, Racism, War, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcoholism

minaopal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Suicide, Racism, Death, War, Bullying, Murder, Child death, Gaslighting, Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, and Alcoholism

katschkekat's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, Death of parent, Blood, Child death, Violence, Grief, and Murder

brooketreads's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

I love old dilapidated places. A book surrounding an amusement park sounded like chef’s kiss. Unfortunately, there was too much going on. The writing felt all over the place. As a horror, it was disappointing. I never felt scared or thrilled. The point of view was throwing me off. Third person, omniscient. It almost felt like first person at times. I think I have found third person just isn’t my thing. There were too many characters with too much focus on having tragic backstories. It took away from the present. Also, two of the characters had the same name which added unnecessary confusion/ annoyance. I didn’t care about any of the characters either. The author threw in a romance subplot that I found completely unnecessary in what is supposed to be a horror. Also, I found it highly annoying that one male character thinks they may be lesbians I don’t give a f***. Then another male character thinks oh I’ve never been friends with lesbians that would be cool… it was giving straight author trying to pander to the gay community. I may be completely wrong on that.

I enjoyed the pieces about the amusement park, the first chapter about the Amazement Park, the meeting of the inner circle, and the finding of the journal. But, all the other filler was just not great for me. We didn’t need them getting dropped off on a deserted road, the dinner, the spa, or the nightly base camp stuff.

I needed more horror and for no one to survive. There doesn’t always have to be survivors in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Child death and Cursing