Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

18 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

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

This is perfect for fans of “The Naturals” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and the TV Show “Criminal Minds”! I will say it is a little more gory than I thought, and it slightly leans toward horror/thriller side of mystery, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. This was a highly bingeable book that will leave you guessing and slightly creeped out in the best way.  I am so excited to see that there is a sequel and I will be reading it immediately. 

I also enjoyed that on the audiobook, there were multiple narrators to distinguish the changes in POVs. 

Age rating: 17+ (language, violence, gore, mutilation, ptsd) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Murder, Death, Grief, Child death, and Death of parent

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

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

vj_thompson's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.0

Ellie Marley’s writing is beautiful. I highlighted so many lyrical moments. Shout out to the part mentioning Texas sunsets 💕 The frustrating thing that I couldn’t get over while reading is the fact that this book is rated as “young adult.” Icky. 

Please read the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Sexism

Minor: Medical content and Vomit

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

kccool12255's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is…interesting, to say the least. It’s a different style than I’m used to, but I think it works. Love the relationship between Emma and Travis (MISSED opportunity for a romance), how they deal with their trauma, Cooper, the Gutmunssons, great. I didn’t understand HOW they found the killer,

the INCEST was…yeah. But the WAY he killed people, and SIEGFRIED? Yes.

And this book gets a thumbs-up from me because IT MADE ME GAG. MORE THAN ONCE. Ridiculous. Cool read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cursing, Incest, and Death of parent

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

bbyblue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood