Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

199 reviews

stineistrying's review

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

juliettt89's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Murder

6dan13la's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, and Murder

allyloufox's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Misogyny

adavis25's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia

juliareste's review

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? It's complicated

4.75

 EDIT: THIS IS ABOUT TED BUNDY??? WHO WAS GOING TO TELL ME. This is insane I do not care who did it but more that this is based on a REAL STORY and I was blissfully (although, is any of this story blissful?) unaware that this was based on reality. I feel sick to my stomach. 

I really appreciated this book, especially as a girl who goes to a women's college interested in law. I appreciated how it chastised true crime as a concept and developed the story. I also really appreciate books with sapphic representation! This falls just short of five stars, as it didn't have the je ne sais quoi that five stars usually possess, but still, an interesting story I'm glad I read. (Honestly, trigger warning for literally everything. Protect your peace!)

4.75/5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Dementia, and Alcohol

ffejssej's review

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Incest

davschi's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Kidnapping

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Death, Eating disorder, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Outing

tapsisbuchblog's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

Florida, 1978: wenige Minuten in einer Nacht verändern das Leben von Pamela Schumacher. Ein Unbekannter bricht in das Verbindungshaus ein, tötet 2 Studentinnen und verletzt 2 weitere schwer. Pamela sieht diesen Mann, wie er aus dem Haus flieht und ahnt nicht, dass sie den ersten Serienkiller der USA in die Augen geschaut hat.

"Bright young women" war mein erster Roman von Jessica Knoll und lässt mich erstaunt, wütend und geschafft zurück. Die Autorin erzählt die Geschichte der Frauen, die dem wahrscheinlich berühmtesten Serienkiller zum Opfer gefallen sind, ohne einmal den Killer in den Fokus oder die Frauen in die Opferrolle zu rücken. Chapeau!

Wie Jessica Knoll werde auch ich den Namen des Mannes nicht erwähnen, denn der Fokus soll vollständig auf den Frauen liegen. Auf der Augenzeugin Pamela, deren Berichte von den männlichen (!) Ermittlern, Journalisten, Familienmitgliedern (!!) und Richtern belächelt oder für unbrauchbar erklärt wurden. Und auf dem Opfer Ruth, die von ihren Familienverhältnissen erzählt und wie sie sich daraus befreit.

Der Roman wird so ruhig erzählt, dass die Grausamkeit der Taten mich wie ein Vorschlaghammer traf. Ohne Sensationsgier, ohne Glorifizierung des Täters und ohne Stereotype trifft dieser Roman mich dort, wo es weh tut.

Schon jetzt eines meiner Highlights in 2025! Lesen!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Rape

isabelfacc's review

informative tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Grief

Moderate: Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Pedophilia