Reviews tagging 'Death'

Sânge Rău by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

114 reviews

kalyn_c's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Kidnapping

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault

dramagirl2003's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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this was insane man. the foreshadowing, the criminal minds-ness, the pull of plot points from previous books! crazy good

thoughts while reading

p52: YOU is almost definitely cassie’s mom

p55: dean + cassie = matching profilers

p61: girl did you really live in a bathroom

p79: dean ain’t letting nothin’ happen to his fam

p97: oh i just assumed the inmate was cassie’s dad

p141: another natural…and a unique one at that…this is exciting

p222: lia 🥺

p258: oh sweetie no 😢

p274: yesss celine is back baby!

p278: oh lord, naturals truth or dare really gets frisky 

p291: no…..

p293: 😱

p310: why??

p314: OMG

MALCOLM IS FIVE

THE TIMINGS LINE UP

p323: this is downright terrifying

p329: fudge fudge fudge

p335:

TA GEOFF

😳 this almost rivals holly jackson agggtm foreshadowing

p341: oh for goodness sake can we ever catch a break here 😭😭😭

p343: bloody ironic but a good guise

p353: does lorelai have DID? or just a wall of protection

p371: briggs deserves to be director

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Murder

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Forced institutionalization

gabsoulutely's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This put me through the ringer. My head hurts and I grew rather fond of these naturals. It was so stressful reading this book and I hope that I can sleep tonight. I really didn't see most of these plot twists coming, but truly what is a Jeniffer Lynn Barnes novel if not a shitshow LOL

Celene star of this novel honestly. Not the random family members being added to the family trees even in this series. Like I truly feel if you've read one Barnes series, you've read most of what she can offer. Still so crazy how dark this book was. I feel like the fact that it's so realistic too... that's what's even more haunting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide

Minor: Rape

the_bookish_scorpio's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

tnemelce's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Self harm

turtleswift01's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Literally so insanely insane and so good and I am so upset it’s over.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking

shadowheart's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence

emilywemily6's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This was a decent conclusion to The Naturals series. The plot felt a bit all over the place and it seemed like we picked up Celine just to move the plot along later in the story- though it was cool to see her character added! It just felt like there was no forethought by the author. I also wish there was more info about the cult, especially with the connection to the town. And the conclusion at the end of the book felt a bit rushed. I thought that the mystery of what happened in the town when Cassie was 6 was interesting. The big reveals/twists were messed up though, but in the best way!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Abandonment

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Medical content

faraway_'s review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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If there are plot holes idgaf

ps. I refuse to read the next one. No need for that novella. Let's keep the good feeling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Rape

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail