Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

64 reviews

katymat18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Blood, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Minor: Rape and Abortion

gconley's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Blood, and Stalking

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

jenny_d's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Blood

Minor: Rape

ktemmett's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Death, Infertility, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, and Violence

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture

Minor: Abortion, Infertility, Murder, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

caidyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

Enjoyable, but I found the ending a bit meh for my tastes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, and Rape

gm3116's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Entertaining read overall and I finished it quickly. The ending was okay, felt a bit rushed and cliched.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Cancer

annieliz's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

rich_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

I really enjoyed this , don’t know why there are so many bad reviews.   The ending is a bit messy but It was really fun reading it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Death, Cursing, Child death, and Blood

fictionalalex's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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

3.0

 “Grief is like a series of bombs exploding, one after another. Every hour, a new detonation. Shock after shock after shock.” 


Another bookstagram-made-me-do-it! I picked this one up a few weeks ago as an audiobook but did not get into it. When my library director suggested it for my book club's August pick, I thought "why not"?

But to be honest, this one just flopped for me. 
I loved the premise. A creepy, sanatorium-turned-hotel on a remote mountain in the Swiss Alps. A murder, an avalanche. Super spooky!

But I did not love what was done with the premise. I felt that besides that, there was no real atmosphere to the hotel or book. I didn't feel situated in the novel. 

The main character, Elin, was not my favourite. I struggled to relate to her. And I found myself constantly thinking "why are you telling people what you have found out?" I wanted to grab her by the shoulders and ask if her brother/boyfriend/hotel staff really needed to hear all the information of the investigation, considering they still counted as suspects. 

The other characters felt flat to me. And that really contributed to the ending. It just didn't work. It felt kind of out of place. 

Overall, it as an okay read. I just couldn't really get into it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Rape