Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

100 reviews

jodiegervais's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Child death

karine_h's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Murder, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, Body horror, and Violence

sibwa's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Cancer, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Murder, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Toxic relationship, Incest, and Addiction

krnoble's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Addiction

cola410's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Rape, and Vomit

mackenzieotlowski's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child death, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Vomit, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Violence

amynoelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I was riveted from start to finish. I couldn’t get enough. Got me teary eyed a few times. Only thing that held it back from a 5 was the ending could have been a bit better imo, but it was still good enough. Overall a great read and now one of my fave thrillers.

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Content Warnings

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

cfarron's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Pregnancy, Cancer, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Physical abuse, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, and Vomit

jennjoy's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This is dark. Super dark. But also twisty and a really good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gore, Violence, and Rape

Minor: Pregnancy, Cancer, Death of parent, Child death, and Incest

stacsofbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

This book was straight up addictive! I would sit down in the morning to read it and then find myself already having read like 100 pages. This is a book you just can’t stop reading! It is dark, twisted, and heartbreaking. I told you guys before that I just haven’t found a thriller that I genuinely enjoyed, well this book finally broke the cycle. 

I loved that it was broken up into parts and I loved getting a blast from the past throughout. I did predict one of the twists, and I say this all the time, but I suck at guessing twists lol so I can’t decide if me guessing correctly was disappointing or if I am proud of myself 😂 So prepare for me to go back and forth with my rating for days lol I also think the end was a little rushed, but I still think it was really good! 

I’ve only read one other book by this author and loved that one as well! Jennifer Hillier is for sure an auto-buy author of mine now. I need them all 🤩 1,000% recommend this book but definitely check TW’s because it gets dark in some parts!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Pregnancy, Abortion, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Death, Rape, and Child death