Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Black and Endless Sky by Matthew Lyons

7 reviews

cmcrockford's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A really strong gritty horror thriller about cycles of violence that luckily also features descriptions worthy of an 80s gore fest and cosmic horror both. Also a biker gang is featured, always cool.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Grief, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Violence, Alcohol, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Torture

kidprezident's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Unlike most reviewers, I thought this book was a decent read. I also thought each fight had a purpose to push along the story and didn't find them too repetitive. However, I was very unhappy with the ending. A lot of things are left unexplained and not in a fun, mysterious way. It almost seems like the author was tired and didn't want to put in the effort to fill in the blanks.

At the end, when Jonah confronts Nell about what happened at the house and she completely shuts down, that proved very little, if any, character growth at all.

In addition, I found the main characters unlikable and reading their dialog annoyed and frustrated me. They were such dicks to each other for no reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

kermit_the_wrong's review

adventurous dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Gore, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Death

Moderate: Medical content

jules_withaxe's review

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

robyotter's review

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

1.5

A book with zero character development can be forgiven if the writing or the plot is good enough, but that is not this book. The supernatural element is also very shallow, taking a backseat to the endless pages of people punching each other. I regret reading the whole thing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

creepycrawlybookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Self harm, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol

word_wandering's review

dark mysterious 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: Violence