Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Crave by Tracy Wolff

66 reviews

headinthepages's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical content, and Mental illness

a_lyttle_book_blog's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

I'm back in my vampire romance era.

This book brought me back to my Twilight days, and I was not at all upset about it. I like that Twilight was even mentioned. I thought it was a cute detail. I enjoyed this and will continue reading the rest of the series. I think the cover is beautiful.

I liked the twist of Grace not being a human even though I figured she wasn't but what I didn't guess is that she was going to end up being a gargoyle!

I can't wait to see how it plays out in the upcoming books

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Violence

drewsbooklist's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

It was ok but felt very Twilight-coded, until the last 15% which felt completely out of nowhere!! Like seriously, what the hell even happened there. It was going to be probably 3 or 4 stars before then, but oh my god what even was that ending?!? Overall, it was still entertaining, but yeah the ending really ruined it for me 

Check content warnings!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Car accident, Cursing, Confinement, Death of parent, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Genocide, Violence, Grief, and Blood

holiday7's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

I liked this book. But honestly, I'm not sure if I'm gonna continue the series. I don't like reading really big books and also, the writing was just kind of cringey and lowkey bland. I think I'm just gonna read the Twilight Saga and see if I like that (but not anytime soon) than this book. But overall, I think this book is pretty great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Grief

ga_bby4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

zoeelora's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, Car accident, Grief, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

wellreadandhalfdead's review against another edition

funny mysterious relaxing slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing

mermaidmomma's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book started really slow and did seem cliche at many different points. I did have to step back and remind myself that I was not the intended audience for this book as a woman in her 30s. There were some pacing issues and different aspect of the book that I think I would have adored as a younger reader. 

Yes there were elements of Twilight and the Vampire Diaries in this formula, but there is a reason those series did so well in the end. I wouldn't say this was my favorite, but I will for sure be reading more of this series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Violence

sirquedusoleil's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this story was all over the place in the best way possible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

bashsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

2.5

I would probably not call this a "good" book, but it definitely has given me some serious entertainment & a lot to think about, including:

1. This author's fixation with being over-the-top tongue-in-cheek about the genre in which she is writing. I have over a dozen quotes noted down where she has the MC mention this is "just like a romance novel" or "just like a horror movie". The worst offender is when the vampire love interest LITERALLY gives the MC a copy of Twilight. I will say, it is funny but perhaps not in the way the author intended.
2. Dialogue is poorly-written, this is sometimes also very funny in an unintentional way.
3. There is no rhyme or reason to lore, Twilight lore is more internally consistent than this.
4. Going off of point #3, the outright fact that vampires are mammals in this universe and that born-vampires exist, but they cannot drink milk. Curious as to what baby vampires subsist on and how they get the mammal classification if their mothers don't feed them with milk.
5. I don't want to spoil it but the Plot Twist Reveal about the MC made me cry I laughed so hard. I would call it brave, groundbreaking even, but my friend told me not to.

I am compelled by "bad" art that is supremely interesting and I am having a lot of fun liveblogging this series to my friends, so I will be reading the rest of them... but I don't want to recommend them unless that's the kind of thing you're into.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Grief, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder, Cursing, Stalking, Medical content, and Car accident

Minor: War and Vomit