Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Last Word by Taylor Adams

61 reviews

thesonnetsilence's review

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I typically don't read thrillers, but I was happy I picked this one up. I couldn't put it down! I feel H.G. Kane was a refreshing and unique antagonist, and he was unlike anything I expected going into this book. I also think the emphasis on grief was very powerful, and I shed quite a few tears toward the end. There were twists and turns, and although I  did predict a couple of the major plot points, how we got there was filled with twists and turns that I wasn't expecting! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Body horror, Stalking, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcoholism, Infertility, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Fatphobia and Mass/school shootings

horizonous's review against another edition

The dog kind of talks.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Animal death

Minor: Alcoholism and Death of parent

◦ Mental illness = Depression

vj_thompson's review

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The writing. The plot twists. I loved every moment of the story. My heart was racing the whole time!! I can’t wait to read more of Taylor Adams’ books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Grief, Stalking, Mental illness, Vomit, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Infertility, Child death, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Death, Eating disorder, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, and Bullying

robin_reads's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

1.0

This book is about someone giving a book a one star review because she didn’t like it and the author is trying to get vengeance for that. Ironically enough, I didn’t like this book either. 
The base premise wasn’t bad but it tried too hard to be “Gone Girl” with the constant plot twists. Didn’t like that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

laurasalwaysreading's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Grief, Infertility, Self harm, Stalking, Violence, Animal cruelty, Car accident, and Child death

laurenlo29's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Death, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Infertility, Car accident, Alcoholism, and Child death

selene_nyxly's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a fun thriller, although it does deal with some darker themes. 

The plot follow Emma, who is house-sitting at an isolated beach house, and she reads a truly horrible horror novel and leaves a 1-star review, which leads to her getting into an online argument with the author himself. Strange circumstances start happening, disturbing incidents, and she starts to wonder if there’s more going on and if the author is possibly stalking her. 

I think that the novel itself was fairly well written; there were some plot points that were predictable, especially for people who read a lot of thrillers. If you’re in the mood for a good thriller, it’s a great book to pick up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

ckschroeder's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Stalking

Moderate: Child death and Car accident

librarianjennifer's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Murder, and Gore

Minor: Car accident, Animal cruelty, Child death, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Gun violence

dilani's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.0

Loved the premise and the way this book panned out. I thought I knew what was happening until that last 25% of that book. Twist after twist my head was spinning by the end of it all. Also glad to say that the dog, Laika, ends up perfectly okay in the end. I don't think I would've rated this book a 4 had Laika not survived TBH. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Infertility, Car accident, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Alcoholism