Reviews tagging 'Death'

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

78 reviews

laziceva_kala's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Death, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest

readingwithtrey's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

This book gave me the ICK. And it’s a very hard one to rate because of said ick. But when I think about the things that I look for in a thriller, this checks a lot of the boxes. 

I binged this over the weekend because I just couldn’t put it down. I had to know what happened and only figured out a twist like 5 minutes before it was revealed. If it’s one thing about me, I LOVE thrillers and mysteries that I can’t figure out. 

What I didn’t enjoy so much was that it was a lot more gruesome than I prefer, and it included 2 particular subjects that I try to avoid. Having said that, it was definitely a solid thriller, and I couldn’t find any plot holes. 

I highly recommend this one, but definitely check content warnings before diving in!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Death, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Grief, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit, Outing, Miscarriage, Infertility, Infidelity, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia

fanchera's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Murder, Gore, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Child death, Blood, Stalking, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion and Alcohol

maryrhg's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

TW: rape (happens multiple times through out the story basically the big hitter of the entire book)

Maybe I’m the weird one but I seriously have no idea why people rate this book so highly. There is so many rape scenes in this book most of which seem to be there just to make the reader uncomfortable and don’t really ad anything to the story? (If you know, you know I’m talking about the last one). The ending is rushed, the romance is rushed and unbelievable. You could remove kai from the story and it would have basically been exactly the same. I didn’t find it thrilling or suspenseful at all just icky to read. If you’re looking for something to disturb you this might work for you, but for me this was definitely not it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Cancer, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Vomit, and Body shaming

uppercasenoises's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I was hooked within minutes of starting this book. I'll read anything JH writes. Time jumps. Dual perspective, third person limited.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Violence, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Cancer, Alcohol, and Stalking

Spice: 2/5 relatively explicit sexual content, although only mentioned twice.

jalynd5630's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

pawsitivelybookish's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Child death, Murder, and Cancer

kbergsten's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Pregnancy, Abortion, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

bookishlifeofkels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

🌟rating: 5 stars

📖genre: thriller / mystery

#️⃣pages: 311

✍🏼same author who wrote LITTLE SECRETS, CREEP, FREAK and THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK (pub date: 7/19/22)

“In every story, there’s a hero and villain. Sometimes one can be both.”

Angela, Geo, and Kaiser are the best of friends but then beautiful & popular high school girl, Angela Wong goes missing without trace. No one knows what happened until 14 years later where her remains are found behind Geo’s house. Geo now has successful job, a fiancé, and a bright future ahead of her until the past decided to come back to haunt her.

Buckle up, folks. You’re going to be in for one wild ride! This book was a definite page turner with so many twists & turns. Every time I thought I had it figured out, a new twist happens! This is definitely for those who love true crime or anything serial killer related. On the flip side, this is not for those for the faint of heart. There are gruesome, stomach churning, and raw moments that even made me question if I could handle it 😬 This was my first Jennifer Hillier book and it will definitely not be my last. 10/10 recommend!

⚠️TW: rape/sexual assault, murder, alcohol, drugs, violence, emotional & physical abuse, descriptions of crime scenes/corpses/dismemberment, infidelity

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abortion, Alcohol, Child death, Infidelity, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Infertility, and Vomit

whitneyonline's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

Sometimes books are so good and make me feel so many things I can't even begin to explain why I like it or why it's a 5 star favorite. This is one of those books. I will say this much though: this is my first book by Jennifer Hillier and it is abundantly clear that she is an incredibly gifted writer. Jar of Hearts is complex and nuanced, with a heartbreaking, thrilling story at the center of it all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Grief, and Murder