Reviews tagging 'Violence'

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

166 reviews

mianou_h494's review

dark mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Child death

cocoanut7's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

So intense and then really dark and slightly disturbing. Classic slasher vibes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Murder, and Violence

suzylit's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I’m not really familiar with the slasher sub-genre but damn that was good! I really enjoyed the whole concept of the terror simulation. At first I was just expecting a random killer appearing from nowhere but I loved how the story eventually unfolded! 
The last pages really had me on the edge of my seat.

So many plot twists I couldn’t process 😱😱

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Violence, Death, Gore, Murder, Torture, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

typedtruths's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

my first five-star of the year! i devoured this

▷ Representation: Black sapphic protagonist; BIPOC & queer scs.

Blog • Trigger Warning Database • StoryGraph

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, Child abuse, and Racism

➸ Trigger warnings for racism, child abandonment and neglect discussed, implied guardian with alcoholism, death of a friend and girlfriend (on- & off-page), graphic blood, injury and gore depiction including multiple dead bodies, murder and attempted murder by gun, axe, arrow and knife, hostage situation, physical assault, strangulation, cults, animal death & dead bodies, and grave desecration.

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Classism

thissagreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.75

I almost DNF’d this book TWICE. Because unfortunately this was a weak story even though it has really solid potential… I knew it would be “campy” but I feel like there was something missing in the dialogue- like the words were falling flat, and things were still unexplained by the end of the book. Additionally, there was a lack of character background and development which made it hard to get invested. I hardly remembered who was who in the friend group, and the descriptions were SPARSE.

the weird ass “owl” Group by elitist white people, was never explained in depth, and we don’t know who started the group, or why. It was trying to copy something like the Illuminati but the author rushed the end, and left chunks of the story out. I like that Charity in the end gets resurrected by her girlfriend who was the only survivor, but there was still so much that could’ve been added and less stuff in the beginning.

Last thing to mention …I’m not a fan of a rushed ending, but at least this was a quick enough read. LOL

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Body horror, and Gore

automatic_rae's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

So much fun! Like my own personal slasher movie was playing in my mind!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment

alicecider's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Minor: Violence

squisheebee_'s review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Emotionally unwell. Totally worth it. Finished it in 5 hours & one sitting on a long distance bus ride. No regrets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Murder, and Death

henrygravesprince's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Antisemitism, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

Usage of Antisemitic tropes; Brief domestic violence portrayed as comical in the beginning; Brief use of bioessentialist language to describe orientation