Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz

8 reviews

emilyd60's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Suicide, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

sophie42's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual assault, Death, Suicide, Rape, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Blood

Minor: Vomit and Gore

sbookreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

The pacing was great. I took a few breaks because it’s not an easy story by any means, but the ending was satisfying and I’m glad I stuck with it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Murder, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Sexism, and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, and Drug use

thealicejackson's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Murder, Physical abuse, and Rape

imrath's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Violence

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

adalora's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

I think way too much time was spent on Alice Lee and what happened right before she dies. Which we know she does from the book description. Like over half the book is spent on that. So you know everything about her while Ruby is trying to piece it together. I don't think this novel is powerful or hopeful. All the characters are so two dimensional there's no depth at all. <Spoiler>Then mix in the absolute awful male characters who are into CP. Which is a problem engrained in our society.</Spoiler> But it was written so cookie cutter/ stereotypically and almost for shock value that the serious subject matter was not done justice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

emma_hedley's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is extraordinary, it doesn't follow the traditional plot of a typical murder mystery. The most important part of the book is not the murderer, but the victim's (Alice Lee) life in her short 18 years. It recounts the traumatic things that happened in her life, and you really start to become connected to her. This book is also very lyrical, every quote has so much meaning and depth, and the whole story is so beautiful. It's a story of found family, trauma and figuring out where you sit in the world. Overall I give this book a 4 out of 5 stars, this is only because the book takes a while to become interesting, but after you get dragged into the plot, it's all worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Abandonment and Death of parent