Reviews tagging 'Death'

Midnight Is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead

27 reviews

ncoletti's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Rape, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Abortion and Religious bigotry

cuddlygryphon's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Rape, Sexual content, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, and Death of parent

ohennui's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Religious bigotry, Blood, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Rape, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

aileron's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Pedophilia

tbrplaylist's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

In the small town of Bottom Springs, religion and the local pastor run everything. When a skull is found in the swamp and "pagan" symbols are  carved in trees nearby, the town panics thinking that a supernatural being is responsible. Everyone in the town turns to the Pastor for guidance. That is, everyone except his own daughter, Ruth, and her outcast BFF, Everett. 

This one just didn't live up to my expectations. The plot seemed extremely interesting, but it just didn't come together for me. There was too much going on in this book. The romance, plus supernatural beliefs, cults, murder, coverups, drug running, investigations... It was a lot. The cult angle could have been so interesting, it just fell flat and felt very surface level. Why not delve more into that? Why bring up this supernatural element too? I think overall it was pretty predictable and didn't pull me in. 

It was pretty easy to figure out that these men were in on the drug running. The whole cult aspect seemed to be an afterthought. I mean, they weren't really in a cult, they were just a group of abusive, greedy misogynistic, and superstitious men who were running drugs out of the local hospital. It also wasn't very surprising that Ruth killed his dad or that Everett was the killer. I mean they both have some serious issues from their fucked up childhood.

The back and forth between Ruth and Everett was very frustrating. Her obsession with Twilight was really weird, like she couldn't distinguish reality from a book. They weren't very well developed characters and I just didn't really care about what happened to them.

Tropes: friends to lovers, cult, small town

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Misogyny

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Drug use, Sexual violence, Animal death, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, and Religious bigotry