Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

24 reviews

emmy_likes_2_read's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gun violence and Death of parent

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Murder, Violence, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Child abuse, Grief, Vomit, Gore, Death, and Death of parent

samflowerv6's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

He lifts his hand, strokes a finger down her cheek. Emma feels it like a crackle of lightning. 

"You, I did not anticipate." His eyes travel over her face. "How interesting. Come and visit me again sometime, Emma. We'll have croissants."

"I killed for transcendence. But I don't think you know what transcendence means. You probably don't even know how to spell it.”


I really enjoyed this!!! Final girl Emma Lewis is recruited by the FBI to interview juvenile offenders behind bars alongside Travis Bell, a Texas born teen. They bond and train at Quantico. They get tied up in an active case where Emma interviews Simon, a teenage sociopath who’s locked up in a mental institution. He’s known for being charming, brutal and manipulative. HE CHARMED ME I ADMIT IT! Icily beautiful Simon is intrigued by Emma and she shares more than she should with him all the while, trying to solve an active case he has information on. Over the book, Emma grapples with her trauma regarding escaping a serial killer in her teens and what that really means for her life now and who she’s become. Simon weirdly helps her with those thoughts as well as Travis. They have a beautiful connection and interesting dynamic (both with Emma but mostly Travis and Emma). I found myself loving Simon, Emma and Travis so much. Even Kristin was a wildly interesting character. This was such a great find and god I know Simon is insane but I think I fell in love with his crazy a bit. Also in love with Travis. So fast paced and interesting. I will be reading the second book and the new one whenever it comes out. I NEED MORE SIMON AND EMMA AND TRAVIS AND EMMA AND JUST IN GENERAL MORE BOOKS :)) I know it’s not a romance but the vibes were vibing. I love the slow burn of Travis and Emma.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gun violence, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, and Kidnapping

maegs36's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Blood, and Violence

matchashortcake's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Torture, Death of parent, Gore, Mental illness, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Body horror, Child death, and Murder

doreneemi's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.75

That was really intense. It was a good thriller with main characters I was invested in 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide

flip_chester's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Gun violence, Gore, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexism, Racial slurs, Medical content, Animal death, Racism, Death of parent, Rape, Animal cruelty, and Misogyny

ssummer_readss's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

SUCH a good book. ik some people don’t like it, but i personally enjoyed it a lot. finished it in three days. it had me on the edge of my seat. i love how Emma, the mc, isn’t protrayed as a helpless little girl. she’s strong and has attitude, but also is relatable and realistic. i also love cooper and bell. i really love how different the characters are. the gutmunsson twins are suuuper interesting characters. i enjoyed reading scenes with them. this is a dark book, with descriptions of awful murder scenes and trauma. so if you’re easily shaken, maybe pick up a different book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Sexual violence, and Torture

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

tyler_machotka's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.75

This book was way different from what I normally read, but I still really enjoyed it! You can tell the author took a lot of time researching and it really payed off! I will definitely be reading the second one at some point! I feel like this book is really under hyped sadly (i mean look at the cover it's gorgeous). So overall I really enjoyed it! I feel like the ending was perfect as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug use