Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes Novel) by Brittany Cavallaro

19 reviews

bashsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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

4.0

I... definitely thought that this modern Sherlock Holmes adaptation was sapphic. (In my defense, Jamie is a unisex name!) It took me about 10 pages to realize that it wasn't.

Despite the lack of lesbians, I enjoyed A Study in Charlotte. I think this author has a good handle on what makes anr intriguing mystery, as well as an understanding on how the Holmesesque savant-detective operates. What she doesn't have a great understanding of is the state of Connecticut, which is extremely funny to me as someone who has spent a lot of time there. (Protip: We don't really play rugby over here, not even in the most pretentious tips of New England.)

All-in-all, a solid read. Love the character work especially. Will definitely read the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Drug use, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Classism, and Suicide

-Explosion/bomb -Surveillence (nonconsensual)

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This books was everything I wanted it to be and more. If you are a fan of Sherlock x Watson this book is for you. There is a lot of dark themes in this book so make sure to check the content warnings before diving in. 

I found the characters so loveable and I felt really immersed in the story. I am so glad that it is a series and will continue to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

ihugparrish's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

Moderate: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Misogyny, and Self harm

annamary54's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad 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

1.75

If this wasn’t a book club book it would’ve been a DNF. The writing made me feel like and English teacher grading papers. Confusing writing/plot line, I still don’t quite understand if Sherlock and Watson are real people or fiction or both?? Or if Sir Arthur Conan Doyle exists in this world??? Narrator Jamie pissed me off from the beginning, just annoying. Not enough Lena content, loved her. Pages like I think 200ish-270ish were entertaining to me, everything else was kinda meh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

alyssajp's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Eating disorder, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Blood and Car accident

dreezy's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Addiction

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

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Eating disorder

emy33321's review against another edition

adventurous challenging fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Death, Blood, Sexual assault, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, and Bullying

ergaich's review against another edition

1.0

This book included entirely unnecessary plots of rape and perpetuated rape culture and victim blaming. 

This book could have been a really fun read, but every time I found myself starting to enjoy it again, something disturbing would happen.  <spolier> The entire plot point of Charlotte falling in love with a grown man and getting so angry that he would not love her back that she FRAMED HIM is exactly what fuels the idea that young girls are crazy and “asking for it.” And to have Briony orchestrate Charlottes rape was absolutely unnecessary and straight up disturbing.</spolier> The book would have been complete and good without those two points so I fail to see how they compel the story. 

I would heavily NOT recommend this to any self respecting feminist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Rape, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder

emrie_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, and Death

Moderate: Stalking, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Blood

sapphic_swiftie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

 this was such an awesome, entertaining and engaging read!! i'm not a big mystery reader since i tend to not like books that are super dark or disturbing and although this book did have its dark and distrubing moments, they weren't too bad and didn't bother me too too much. i think i was just so swept up in the story; i was so excited to keep reading and kept questioning what would happen next. i didn't feel like the ending/how the mystery was be solved was super obvious to me any point earlier on, but then again i'm not super well-versed in this genre so that could just be me.

one of my favorite things about this book were the characters!! there were so so many complex, three-dimensional characters and it was very clear to me they were all well crafted. once i thought i knew a character, they would do something else that would give me a new perspective on them and in this case i liked that!! jamie would probably be my favorite character due to his wittiness, relatability and special relationship ith charlotte! i read this book before reading six of crows but now that i have read both books and i'm writing this review, i'm realizing how much charlotte reminds me of kaz brekker. so if you're a kaz fan, it's just yet another reason why you should read this book :)

what did bother me about this book though (however minorly) was the length of the chapters. for a mystery that aims to keep its readers engaged, shorter chapters (like in the inheritance games) instead of very long ones like in this book, would've enhanced my experience just that much more. at the time of this review i've already read the second book the last of august but i'm excited for the last two books in the series! overall, i'd defintely recommend and had so much fun with this book & series <3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Rape, Gore, Blood, and Sexual assault

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, and Medical content