Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Truth About Keeping Secrets by Savannah Brown

3 reviews

idunnoknow's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

couldn't put it down which has been more unusual for me in recent years. really connected with the protagonist and her struggle felt real and not at all performative just for the sake of this story. I'm sure I'll revisit this book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

hatoooz's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

stayed up for 6 hours reading this, i was kind of delusional by the end (and maybe halfway through) but it was one of my favourite reads of 2019 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Stalking, and Torture

finanr1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Murder, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Car accident, Bullying, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Biphobia, and Addiction

Minor: Rape, Racism, Outing, and Drug use