Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Lieblingskind by C.J. Tudor

10 reviews

courtneyhollyy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Overall an okay thriller/horror, but one that left me with more questions than I started with. It was very obviously inspired by Pet Sematary in a lot of ways, but I don’t think the horror part of the plot was executed that brilliantly. I still don’t understand what was actually happening in the pit to some of the people who went in? We never found out the details and that left me very unsatisfied. 

Some of the dialogue and interactions were quite cheesy as well, especially between Joe and Gloria & Joe and Brendan. Not sure how I felt about her portrayal of Brendan as an Irish man constantly saying “feck” ALL the time. Is this Father Ted? 

I will say this book was a page-turner. It kept me engaged enough, but overall the execution disappointed me. A shame because I remember really liking The Chalk Man when I read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Gun violence, Car accident, and Cancer

nialiversuch's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

samburkhouse's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Vomit, Gore, Blood, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Suicide, and Gun violence

Minor: Grief, Ableism, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

lu555's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

it's definitely not a bad book I enjoyed it most of the time but I wasn't really hooked. there's no emotional connection to any of the characters and some plot lines seemed a bit cliché in my opinion. i loved the burning girls by the same author but this one just didn't quite fit my taste, especially because it wasn't really creepy or exciting. i gave it 3.75 but i'm correcting it to 3.5 now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Murder, Death, Gun violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, and Child death

ollie_again's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

2.5

The whole plot I was not very invested and the conclusion was disappointing. I liked Chalk Man but this one did not come nowhere near the intrigue and plot twists as that one. For some reason I got completely different book than what I thought it was going to be, unfortunately.

CJ Tudor does very good at creating the same atmosphere as Stephen King she mentions as the author that's inspiring to her... down right to the weird takes and unnecessarily offensive shit. I can take it, but the *and they were autistic* 🤯  characters for not particular reason, just to show that you are ignorant as hell is just stupid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Murder, Death, Ableism, Child death, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Cancer, Torture, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Addiction, and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Vomit, and Homophobia

ventellina's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Death, and Violence

butterbb109's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Gore, Gaslighting, Child death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Drug use, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Cursing, Confinement, Torture, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

shereadsmysteries's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Addiction, Bullying, Body horror, Child death, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Car accident

librariangeorgia's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

This one was not my favourite book by this author - I didn’t really enjoy it. I’m not sure if it’s just me or the way it was written but I found it both predictable and confusing.

It’s a very slow read as well, it takes quite a while before anything actually happens.

I’m actually quite disappointed as i’ve loved previous books i’ve read by this author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Excrement, Suicide, Blood, Child death, and Murder

kimmychii5's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Child death

Minor: Cancer, Alcoholism, and Excrement