Reviews tagging 'Gore'

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

30 reviews

karcitis's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Confinement, Murder, Torture, Gore, and Death

Minor: Child death and Kidnapping

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Grief and Gore

Minor: Cursing, Racism, and Pregnancy

megang519's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-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? N/A

4.0

I really enjoyed this book! I loved the setting, the characters, and the premise. The story felt unique while also being a classic fantasy storyline. The characters felt authentic and relatable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Violence, Gore, and Blood

headinthepages's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Violence

I loved this book!! I loved the combination of mythology and plant magic. Loved that the real world problems of any family were included to make this feel like a really contemporary fantasy. I loved the elements of humour and loved the conversations and interactions between people. I will for sure be reading book 2!!

booksdogsandcoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

This book… was fricken amazing. It felt like a mash of the secret garden, Percy Jackson and little shop of horror. 

Bri has always had power over plants and at birth was adopted by her two amazing mothers(who imo steal the show and are one of the best parts of this whole book).  Knowing nothing of her heritage, she is one day approached by an attorney who tells that her biological aunt has died. Left now in Bri’s possession is a massive house with all her birth families history in it. Curious to find out more about her powers and birth family, Bri and her moms decide to move to the house to help Bri connect to her powers and birth family. But all the sudden strange people start showing up, asking questions and demanding things Bri had no idea ever existed. The house and her birth family hold a secret that goes as far back to the Greek gods. And now as the last of her line, it is Bri’s secret to uncover and carry forward. 

The characters in this poison hearts were all so amazing and fleshed out. I loved Bri’s moms they made the book for me. The way they loved Bri and each other so much. 

Cw/tw
Violence
Gore
Light racism 
Death of a parent 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: Racism

zoepagereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

So good!!! I was hooked from the first page even though the real plot didn’t pick up for a while. I didn’t even notice! How could l when the this is basically a fantasy version of The Inheritance Games? The one thing that did not grip me is the immortal love interest 1) because I feel like there wasn’t enough of a build up and it was very sudden  2) because a 375 year old who looks like a 17 year old dating real 17 year old is creep as heck. 5🌟

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, and Violence

msstearns13's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

Amazing! I finished it in less than a week because it's so good and am no desperately waiting for the next to be released

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Minor: Death of parent and Toxic friendship

sarah984's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-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

4.0

I was a little bit nervous picking this one up after not really enjoying Cinderella Is Dead, but it really surprised me. This is an urban fantasy story about a teen adoptee with plant powers and an immunity to poison who inherits a mysterious mansion from her birth mother. The powers are interesting and feel unique as we learn about them along with Briseis, and the mystery and gothic feel are compelling. I really liked most of the characters, particularly Briseis and her moms, who have a really great relationship. The romance is a little silly but it gets the job done.

I'm knocking off a star because the pacing got weird near the end (it's a bit of a slow mystery following a trail of breadcrumbs and then in the last 20 pages or so about 4000 things happen) but overall this was a huge improvement and I'm looking forward to the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, and Stalking

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Violence

matheo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Medical content

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Gore, Animal death, Child death, and Infidelity