Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

57 reviews

ellainalisa's review against another edition

adventurous 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

Holy. Shit. What an insane conclusion to the Naturals series. Absolutely flabbergasted. The ending?? I’m unwell. Someone please pass the tissues. Definitely one of my favorite YA series to date. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse and Torture

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child abuse

bujo_reader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

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

milpeaches's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Incredible finale to this series. Includes one of my favorite tropes in a mystery

cults

. Grateful to have read this thrilling story! A must read for anybody who appreciates serial killer documentaries, podcasts, or true crime drama television. This series only got better with each story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Suicide, Self harm, Kidnapping, Violence, Slavery, and Child abuse

mollyb13's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.75

The storyline from All In just continued on and got even more twisted and complex as it went. Definitely had trouble tracking all the characters at certain points. The series just got more and more off the wall *cHaOtiC*, and not always in the best way...

That being said, I still loved the found family. Loved that this time around we got more backstory on Michael & Lia. Loved the addition of

Celine - wish she had been included a bit more heavily

.  And I will always and forever be an Agent Sterling fan.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

karina_dreamsinwords's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I thoroughly enjoyed this thrilling series conclusion. This was such a fast paced ride and I am quite sad that it’s come to an end. I thought this wrapped up nicely yet still threw in some plot twists I didn’t expect! 

The Naturals series is definitely catered to fans of Criminal Minds. I think you’ll find yourself immersed into the story rather quickly & unable to stop reading each installment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Torture

Minor: Self harm

lucycharm9's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

How could this series just ended here?!?! There were so much more to tell about Lia, Michael and the cult! I just really hope that we could have 2 more books to this series because we should be fair to everyone considering that Cassie, Dean and Sloane all got their stories told in the first three books individually. I think the introduction of Celine was to give some closure for Lia and Michael, but it felt rushed. I also do not like the idea of killing Troy. She was the one who loved Aaron and was truly loved by Aaron. Aaron was the only blood family who was nice to Sloane and I think it was just cruel to take away the last bit of Aaron away from Sloane by killing Troy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

shiana's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I love Criminal Minds and this gave me the same feeling of tense and mystery! I want more books in this series so bad!!!!! Just more cases and more for the characters to solve. The characters felt so real and even though they are wicked smart and doing things they should definitely not be doing as a teenagers, they still had the stubborness and such that teens have. This book is perfect if you love cozy mystery but with more plot, and higher stakes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Murder

hellxriver's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement and Drug abuse

asipofcozy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Made it to the end of a very addictive, fast paced series. Have to say I am surprised with how much I loved these books. Barnes has a way of drawing her audience in and leaving us wanting more. 

However, I was left wanting more at the end of Bad Blood - which never bodes well for the end of a series. I felt at times like the author was rushing to the ending,  there were pieces of the plot left out or things that should have been explained more to give more sustenance to the story. 

There was also a new character thrown into the mix and she seems to be an important piece yet she is given few scene's and only comes in for convenience to the plot and the characters. I think she was a great addition but to be thrown in at the last book with little page time, just didn't sit right with me.

And finally, the ending...I just was left unsatisfied. I didn't need a whole melodramatic moment, but it felt like the ending came and went and that was that. The ending just didn't deliver. These characters go through all of this crazy stuff for a book to end just like that and then everyone kind of just moves on. Yup, no thank you!

Still the series was addictive and I could definitely see myself reread them in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Rape