Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann

7 reviews

fink1129's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Murder, Grief, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Rape, Confinement, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Animal death, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Vomit

smbl's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

It’s like reading a train wreck, you can’t stop even if it’s not the best writing. 

Pros: It dealt with messy process of healing from trauma - it wasn’t perfect which arguably why it’s done a decent job because everyone’s healing journey is different. MMC trauma journey was written well and overall the character had a lot more common sense. The serial killer motives weren’t something common.

Cons: FMC can be a little pick-me and self-centered. Actually she annoyed me a lot more than her sister which it wasn’t written to be that way. And how the sister was written is giving some internalize misogyny. Also no real relationship development on why the MMC was even dating the FMC’s sister. 

I think it had a lot of potential but as a standalone dark romance it missed the mark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Confinement, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Rape, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Self harm, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Death, and Torture

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, and Vomit

amy_mhairi's review

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Physical abuse, Murder, Alcohol, Rape, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Cursing, Confinement, Kidnapping, Torture, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, and Vomit

allymurphy's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Every character is kind of an asshole but its kind of okay

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Kidnapping, and Self harm

Moderate: Vomit and Pregnancy

ellaskrovset's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Mental illness, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Self harm, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Confinement, Cursing, Alcoholism, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Gore, and Drug abuse

ky_wes's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gore, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism and Violence

Minor: Stalking, Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Pregnancy

rogueraden's review

dark emotional 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

3.75

This book would've been a higher rating if I did not feel uncomfortable about the plot and how certain issues were glossed over.

I just wish the author focused more on the sister and her relationship with the Cora, especially since Cora is literally married to her ex-fiance.

Personally, the infidelity in this book made me really hesitant to like it- purely from a moral standpoint. At certain points it felt like mental illness and trauma was used as an excuse for cheating. Kind of reminds me of Dear Evan Hansen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Moderate: Abortion

Contains rape scenes and sexual assault. Intense descriptions of flashbacks. There was smut though, kind of kinky.