Reviews tagging 'Blood'

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

19 reviews

xaphiro's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

I loved it. It was one of my favorites when I read it as a kid and I’m surprised how much I didn’t remember. Loved the relationship between them but it took me a while, almost towards the end, to feel the cuteness. It reminds me of a current relationship, did not expect to find how much this book defined me and my life. Also, having watched Wednesday so recently, it was wild seeing the similarities. The opposite roommates and their cute friendship, the dark cold girl from the weird family with seemingly no feelings. The first time I read it I gave it five stars and I was thinking of lowering it to 4 on this reread but that scene

where holmes kisses watson and tells him that’s all she can do

really warmed my heart. It was an amazing journey warming up to the character even though they drove me crazy every other page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

Moderate: Rape and Murder

Minor: Blood and Car accident

bones_jackson's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Eu devorei esse livro, é simplesmente maravilhoso. Não sou de ficar colocando post it nos livros, mas esse aqui tá cheio deles pq eu ficava colocando um em cada cena que eu achava legal, interessante ou engraçada. É facilmente um dos meus livros favoritos. 

P. S. : se vc tem algum TW, é bom pesquisar um pouco sobre esse livro, pq ele tem alguns, mas eles não são explicitos 

21/08/23: reli esse livro e continuo amando ele. Coloquei ainda mais post it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Murder, Death, Violence, Blood, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Moderate: Rape, Deportation, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

epeolatri's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative mysterious tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Suicide and Blood

writtenbydnicole's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Medical content, Violence, Drug abuse, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Gun violence, and Self harm

abhess's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault and Drug abuse

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I can't believe I had this for 5 years and only read it now. Ooops. I almost gave it away last year... Thank god I'm stubborn and decided to read it first since I'd spent money on it. Because this was actually a lot of fun to read. 

It's basically about Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson, two teenage descendants of the famous Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, who somehow end up at the same US boarding school when people start being murdered. 

If you expect some kind of deep story, believable actions or lots of crime solving and plot twists... this is not it. Tbh, I was not interested in the mystery plot at all here. It's really an interpretation of Holmes and Watson as modern teenagers that made this interesting for me. And I enjoyed how they, their relationship and other known characters from Arthur Conan Doyle's stories are interpreted here. But what I loved the most was the banter and the humour in general. The book is told from Jamie's perspective, and it had me laugh out loud in the middle of the night several times. Really great one liners. 

Guess, I will read the other books in the series as well now that I know what to expect from them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Rape

kellyhady's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

erniedresser's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Drug use, Drug abuse, Murder, and Medical content

ahalexont's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

If you are a fan of mysteries that involve slow burn romances this is the book for you. The relationship between the two protagonists is a huge selling point for me, and it's not a girl chase boy story it's the other way around. A nice change for an otherwise overused trope in the romance genre. Besides the romance of it the mystery itself is a fun call back to a classic Sherlock Holmes story all wrapped up in a modern twist. Fans of the BBC Sherlock or Elementary will get a kick out of reading this first-time adventure between Charlotte Holmes and her new partner Jamie Watson.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Blood