Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

8 reviews

mysterymom40's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Murder, Blood, Violence, Gore, Rape, and Gaslighting

savreads28's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Death, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Torture, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Gore, and Death of parent

lucyford's review

dark emotional 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

4.5

As always, I really enjoyed this book. It’s probably my second favorite out of the whole series, and definitely was the hardest to wrap my head around, but I loved it nonetheless. Jennifer Lynn Barnes perfectly wrapped up the series in this book, and I loved seeing everything gradually get resolved, and questions get answered, particularly about Cassie and Lia’s lives (plus Michael was extra unhinged). Overall, I’m so glad I read this series and I couldn’t have asked for a better final book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Confinement, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Self harm, Infidelity, and Rape

ong's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I pride myself in being able to predict where things are going in shows, movies, books. This book literally had me in the first half, thinking I’d guessed where it was going. But holy shit. NOTHING could’ve prepared me for that ending.

The best part of this series is how it keeps me guessing & on my toes. And the fact that the teens sounds like real human beings, not way too exaggerated, if a little fucked up. Very 3 dimensional characters. The plot flows real well too. Definitely one of my fav series now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death of parent

Moderate: Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Drug abuse, Grief, Torture, Violence, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape, Child abuse, Child death, and Pregnancy

gigihopkins's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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 of parent, Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Body horror, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Drug use, Torture, and Violence

bellaguiliano's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

Moderate: Murder, Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Self harm, Death of parent, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

gladduck's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.75

My only problem with this book is that it feels like there are TOO MANY revelations. Like

how did TA Geoff make it into serial killer cult lineup?

. Complaints aside, the twists did make it interesting just that it seemed like the author was trying so hard to keep us on our toes that it caused me to actually not even care anymore whenever shocking things happened. WARNING. YOU WILL SOB

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Confinement, Grief, Violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Gore, Rape, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Torture

savannahcook's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Death of parent, Body horror, and Gore