Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Last Girl by Goldy Moldavsky

17 reviews

decklededgess's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

trigger warnings: murder, gore, anxiety, ptsd, home invasion, bullying, death

This book was absolutely phenomenal. This is a standard horror movie with all the classic horror tropes but it draws inspiration from Mary Shelley's life and her writing retreat with Lord Byron and the crew when she came up with Frankenstein.

The thriller/horror components were so well done and the audiobook really enhanced the atmospheric tension of the story. I was on the edge of my seat listening to this and was absolutely flabbergasted by some of the things that happened. 

Incredible stuff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Vomit, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Violence, and Sexual harassment

jamierenee98's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

lyfrassirwalen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Drug use, and Death

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

maregred's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Gaslighting

Minor: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Drug use, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

bookishgoob's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

The Mary Shelley club. “The brain does curious things when suddenly presented with something it cannot comprehend.” what started as a game went horribly horribly wrong. my qualms with the book was definitely the eye roll worthy riverdale-esque dialogue, especially when it came to stuff like feminism, while still having a hint of misogyny in the main character. she’s very much an “NLOG” which makes sense given that she’s a 16 year old girl, but to have such intense PC dialogue about other topics and having the main character be “not like other girls” made my second hand embarrassment soar. on top of the second hand embarrassment, it took me out of the story when things like that happened, because teenagers don’t speak like that. however, the story was very captivating and so perfect for a spooky halloween read. it has a vague sense of dark academia with a secret society at a private school in new york, but other than that, i would not classify it as 100% dark academia. it’s a wonderful easy read, especially for teens and adults wanting to dip their feet into horror. it’s not too scary at all, but the mystery will keep you on your toes. once you finish the book, you’ll realize how everything was staring to right in the face. the puzzle at the end comes together so perfectly and naturally, it’s the first book i’ve read in a while that does not feel like it has a rushed ending. all in all, i give this a 3/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, and Medical content

danah_kmt's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I binged this in 7h, and honestly it gave me so much anxiety and stress.
If the author's goal was to get me on edge that I was scared by every little sound I heard, and to give me chills then she succeeded.
I didn't think this book would be so psychologically engaging (I mean its a mystery ya, how bad can it be), but I was so on edge especially the latter half of this book, that I jumped every time my dog moved, so...
I predicted things, then changed my predictions, then went back, then changed them continuously trying to figure out the mystery; it's predictable but makes you doubt its predictability.
I'm also still in denial of the end of chapter 39, just refusing that reality...

I just kind of hated Rachel, so minus points there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Panic attacks/disorders

Home invasion, fear triggers