Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Hide by Kiersten White

141 reviews

jaedia's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

maksrex's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

A very quick read, the characters are well-fleshed out and the lore of the world is quite interesting. Unfortunately, the pacing was inconsistent. The dread never really gets a chance to settle and once you hit about the middle of the book, there is no time to even feel the increasing pressure of the impending deadline.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, and Outing

annaguenther's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Blood

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

“The Cabin in the Woods” but set it in an decrepit amusement park. That’s it, that’s the plot. 

This was SO promising. A hide and seek competition with a potentially sinister backstory, 14 people in a hunger-games style competition to battle to the end for $50k? Set in a creepy, run down amusement park? Sign me up! Also, that cover! 😍

Unfortunately there are just too many characters and all of them lack depth, I couldn’t tell you anything interesting about ANYONE except for Mack, the most primary character, and even her backstory is muddy and doesn’t feel fully fleshed out. Honestly the best part was the ending, and the very last line in the book- “who fucking cares”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

jmeyers888's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Racism

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and War

thewizardofbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

mauvesoul's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Misogyny, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Lesbophobia

midnightgremlin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: War

melitta's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

krzzykitty92's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

An interesting read. I loved the tension and the environment. I enjoyed getting the different characters background story. There were a few parts that bothered me: the insta-friendship or love some of the characters had for each other, the lack of fully explaining the monster, the ending. However, White’s unique writing style kept me fully engaged and entertained. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Blood

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