Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Merciless by Danielle Vega

15 reviews

camilabdm's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Meh. No me mató la historia, alternaba entre ponerse aburrida e interesante. Al final hay un “plot twist”, que medio se veía venir, pero medio no, no sé, siento que debió sentirse más impactante de lo que fue. Me estresaba demasiado la falta de lógica de la protagonista, solo tenía que ir a la policía, pero bueno. No fue la gran cosa. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Violence

werewolvesnotswearwolves's review

dark tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Alcohol, Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, Body horror, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Dementia, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Self harm

ghouligan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

mikayyyla's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Parts of this book made me physically sick to read but I could not put it down. I wish it had been longer and gave more background on the complex characters, but still a good read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Torture, and Toxic friendship

maryshelleys's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

i can't remember any time where i was able to sit down with a book and read it front to back like i did with this book. i know it's just trashy mean girls like other reviewers have said, but i'll be damned (no pun intended) if i wasn't entertained from beginning to end.

there's a lot that could have been explored more and i'll admit that the plot was a bit messy, but since this is the first in a series, i'm willing to let that slide a little bit for the fact that i was entranced the entire time. i can't wait to get my hands on the rest of this series.

also, brooklyn having been possessed the whole time? it opens so many doors for the sequels, and i'm so excited to see where this goes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty