Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Summer's Edge by Dana Mele

4 reviews

_p0ssum_'s review against another edition

3.25

I personally loved this book at the start however when I got to the flashback areas I found it rather confusing and boring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Injury/Injury detail

throwback682's review against another edition

2.5

I found this book really confusing and not very intriguing. I kept hoping the twist would be worth it but meh. I should’ve DNF’d  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying and Blood

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

hollyk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

My brain is spinning, I'm shook to the core, there's not a hero and a villain so much as a group of flawed individuals. Absolutely riveting, jaw dropping, twisty, turny, and hard to put down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content, Vomit, and Classism

simplyammee's review against another edition

sad 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

3.0

The idea is good but unoriginal and this definitely isn't a great, fresh spin on it. The writing itself isn't bad, the twists are probably good if you don't pick up on the obvious hint in the blurb. It wasn’t so in my face obvious that I hated reading it, but it felt like the blurb spoiled any chance I had at actually being surprised. 

The "Haunting of Hill House" bit in the blurb is a bit too on the nose that it makes everything kind of obvious...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit