Reviews tagging 'Violence'

There Are No Saints by Sophie Lark

104 reviews

spatterson7's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Cursing, Stalking, Blood, Body horror, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Self harm

smcrain's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.25

This is a serial killer AU, and like most or almost all serial killer setups requires some suspension of disbelief. Reader must be ready to allow for some stretches like the police are incredibly incompetent, DNA and forensic science doesn't exist, people and bodies are easily unalived and disappeared with very little or no curiosity/questions or investigation. Okay that makes it sound terrible but I really love these kind of dark romances so I will allow it. I was invested enough to keep turning the page. Admittedly as an art school kid the characters all being artists gave me a huge laugh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

serial killer AU, toxic MMC, obsessive MMC, possessive MMC

taelorslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent

whatrobynsreading's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Self harm, and Murder

mythen_metz's review against another edition

Too dark for me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Torture, and Blood

angellike333's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Self harm, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Stalking, Violence, Death, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Bullying

rachelmoss2017's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual content, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

kaalex12's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Murder, Stalking, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

olivia_k_wood's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Death

cash_mama's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.5

I wanted to like this book. Cole was supposed to be complicated but turned out so 1 dimensional. Mara was just kind of dumb through the whole thing. The book started great with Mara being so strong but the more she was built, the less interesting she got. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Classism, Kidnapping, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Mental illness