Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce

2 reviews

lilifane's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I am very surprised by my rating of this book. Because the first half of the book... I did not enjoy. 
When I bought it, I didn't know it was a book about faeries (the dark/horror/twisted/violent/cruel ones, not the sexy ones). Either way, I don't enjoy reading about faeries. I don't know why. I love fairy tales and folk tales and nature, but something about faeries just annoys me. And this one had some very disturbing scenes in the first half concerning small children, from a child's perspective. I ... nope. 
But there was enough mystery and foreshadowing that I wanted to give it a try (and it's a rather short book) so I read on. And oh boy, did things change around the halfway point, and I love the direction the book took from there on. I was on the edge of my seat and couldn't stop reading until I finished it then. 
Do I know what actually happened in this book? Nope. But that's basically the point, and I'm loving it. 
Still, look up trigger and content warnings, there are some things on page but even more between the lines. Which kind of makes it worse. So just be warned. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Grief, Infidelity, Abortion, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Infertility, Sexual content, and Suicide

saraellenme's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Incest, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Pedophilia