Reviews tagging 'Blood'

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

80 reviews

kermit_the_wrong's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? No

5.0

I'm quite confident this will be my favorite book of this year. It's brilliant and sad and funny. I have never read a book that was so easily able to lull me into a false sense of security only to blow everything up in my face. Multiple times. The audiobook is amazing and I highly recommend listening to it over reading it. The narrator is wonderful and it just really adds some extra depth to the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, and Alcohol

opossumble's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Medical content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Terminal illness, and Deportation

kaitlyna94's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Extremely scattered plot that never really pulls itself together. I really wanted to like it, and thought I would in the end, but gave up hope 3/4 of the way through. Had lots of potential to really use horror as a way of navigating grief, which is what I think it was trying to do, but it left me pretty disappointed. I still don’t understand what happened with the ending. Semi solid beginning, strong body, poor finish. I have hope that the author can produce better works in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lilacwhisker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

An interesting read. I thought the way the author describes death and grief was great, but a lot of the time this book is also confusing. I assumed there would be more of a focus on the Itza, and that this would be a creepy story about a haunted home device or something, but it’s not really talked about for most of the book. Overall, not too bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content

jillaay_h's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, and Blood

birthisacurse's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

savvylit's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

"You were you and I was me and there was this thing between us."

This Thing Between Us is an excellently crafted slow-burn horror story. From almost the first page, Moreno drips dread and discomfort into the storyline. Beginning with a haunted Alexa-like device, the plot of this novel slowly descends into absolute demonic madness. This Thing Between Us is a truly unpredictable horror novel and I'm still (happily) confused about the ending.

This Thing Between Us isn't only upsetting because of its supernatural elements, however. Thiago's heart-wrenching grief over Vera is just as unsettling and pervasive as the paranormal entities that haunt him. In fact, his grief fuels the whole story and is often what motivates Thiago to make his most ill-fated decisions. No spoilers, of course, but Moreno portrays the daily reality of overwhelming loss, unlike any other author that I have read.

I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys atmospheric horror that constantly keeps you guessing. Just one reminder: be sure to check the content warnings before reading. There are some very graphic & gory scenes in this novel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

astronut's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Cancer

corpseparty's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

Beautifully written, creepy, and moving, one of the best books to come out recently.. I cried fr 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lilygraceh's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail