Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker

7 reviews

sherrflo's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gun violence, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Torture

opplecopter's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, War, Alcohol, Cancer, Death of parent, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Pedophilia and Vomit

briandherreads's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Torture, Gore, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Terminal illness and Domestic abuse

Minor: Pedophilia and Lesbophobia

clairebonney's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Suicide, Torture, Animal death, and Gore

Mention of killing a cat in Ch. 11 and mention of killing puppies in Ch. 45

danaslitlist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

Edit on Jan. 27th 2024: JD Barker sent emails out to young female readers and reviews to solicit sexually provocative ads for his books. Absolutely appalling and unprofessional. I do not recommend supporting him or reading his books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexism, Torture, and Gun violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Cancer, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

day_dreaming_vampire's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Short chapters kept me wanting more so I flew through this book.  I wished Porter had been a little more fleshed out, but maybe we'll learn more about him in the next book. 
It was pretty gory at times and I liked the different timelines with the killer's diary and present day.  Everything was explained and revealed at the end with a lot of twists and turns along the way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Death, Grief, Animal death, and Torture

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, and Animal death