Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Burden Falls by Kat Ellis

4 reviews

sonygaystation's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

I loved the premise, had a really good time with the environment and how everything was set up, and thought the characters were so sweet. My biggest hang up is the BBEG because the rationale and build up didn’t feel fleshed out enough, and there wasn’t much feeling looking back on the story to feel all that impacted by the reveal. The ending was satisfyingly tense in spite of it though, but that’s entirely because I really liked the MC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Car accident, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, and Alcohol

alexisaflop's review against another edition

dark funny 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

5.0

Been stuck in an airport all day and bought and completed the book here. It is very captivating and tense. As a murder mystery I usually have some guess as to what I expect. This book flipped all expectations, when I thought I knew what was happening it all changed (but in an excellently paced way). The main character is loveable but has clear flaws from the get go. There is diversity but it's not heavily forced, it is just part of the characters. 

HAVE ADDED A LIST OF CONTENT WARNINGS (the most important is the graphic detail of gore that was a bit unexpected).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Violence, Murder, Gore, Mental illness, Death, and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, and Drug abuse

hannahadamson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

I devoured this book! The story was so tense and intriguing and there were so many twists and turns that kept me guessing the whole way through.
I honestly couldn’t put it down!

I also really loved the main character and her friends, and I loved seeing her relationship with Dominic grow throughout the book.

The big twist at the end was also super satisfying. I didn’t see it coming at all, but looking back there were plenty of clues littered throughout the story.

I would definitely highly recommend this book to anyone who loves small town, YA thrillers! It will definitely keep you hooked from the first page.

*please check trigger warnings before reading*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

patandbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

4.0

Thank you to Penguin Teen for sending me an eARC through Netgalley!
This book is set in a small town following the main character Ava Thorn after someone close to her gets murdered and she is the main suspect. I liked this story overall. Ava is a very complex character. She has undergone trauma at a young age when she lost her parents. She's a bit of an unreliable narrator and that added to the over-all creepy atmosphere of this book. I liked the romance subplot. It is also quite atmospheric as the story also ties in with the legends of the small town. I did guess the plot twist as well as the motives of the culprit. It was largely enjoyable especially with the inclusion the horror elements.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Gore

Moderate: Murder