Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

31 reviews

samflowerv6's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

He lifts his hand, strokes a finger down her cheek. Emma feels it like a crackle of lightning. 

"You, I did not anticipate." His eyes travel over her face. "How interesting. Come and visit me again sometime, Emma. We'll have croissants."

"I killed for transcendence. But I don't think you know what transcendence means. You probably don't even know how to spell it.”


I really enjoyed this!!! Final girl Emma Lewis is recruited by the FBI to interview juvenile offenders behind bars alongside Travis Bell, a Texas born teen. They bond and train at Quantico. They get tied up in an active case where Emma interviews Simon, a teenage sociopath who’s locked up in a mental institution. He’s known for being charming, brutal and manipulative. HE CHARMED ME I ADMIT IT! Icily beautiful Simon is intrigued by Emma and she shares more than she should with him all the while, trying to solve an active case he has information on. Over the book, Emma grapples with her trauma regarding escaping a serial killer in her teens and what that really means for her life now and who she’s become. Simon weirdly helps her with those thoughts as well as Travis. They have a beautiful connection and interesting dynamic (both with Emma but mostly Travis and Emma). I found myself loving Simon, Emma and Travis so much. Even Kristin was a wildly interesting character. This was such a great find and god I know Simon is insane but I think I fell in love with his crazy a bit. Also in love with Travis. So fast paced and interesting. I will be reading the second book and the new one whenever it comes out. I NEED MORE SIMON AND EMMA AND TRAVIS AND EMMA AND JUST IN GENERAL MORE BOOKS :)) I know it’s not a romance but the vibes were vibing. I love the slow burn of Travis and Emma.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gun violence, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, and Kidnapping

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

Finally a good crime audiobook. While I've read the silence of the lambs, this didn't follow it completely, so it was still a pretty gripping crime thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Confinement, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death

lydiaelyse's review against another edition

3.75

I hate the third person writing but once I got into the story I didn't notice quite as much. Really didn't connect to the characters though, probably because of the impersonal third person writing🤷‍♀️

just a heads up, this is gory and very violent (more than the typical YA thriller imo)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, and Violence

matchashortcake's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Torture, Death of parent, Gore, Mental illness, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Body horror, Child death, and Murder

ross_emm's review

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

5.0

Had me 100% from the beginning! Emma and Travis are great characters and I love their relationship dynamic throughout the book, their bond is very strong and it becomes that way quite quickly. Simon is such an interesting character to me

and I relished watching him go absolutely batshit on Anthony during their final battle.

I liked having a few chapters from the butchers perspective, but having information that the characters don't possess did drive me a little crazy (in a good way)
Definitely interested in reading more from Ellie Marney! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

mmadill227's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty and Confinement

vj_thompson's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Ellie Marley’s writing is beautiful. I highlighted so many lyrical moments. Shout out to the part mentioning Texas sunsets 💕 The frustrating thing that I couldn’t get over while reading is the fact that this book is rated as “young adult.” Icky. 

Please read the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Sexism

Minor: Medical content and Vomit

ssummer_readss's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

SUCH a good book. ik some people don’t like it, but i personally enjoyed it a lot. finished it in three days. it had me on the edge of my seat. i love how Emma, the mc, isn’t protrayed as a helpless little girl. she’s strong and has attitude, but also is relatable and realistic. i also love cooper and bell. i really love how different the characters are. the gutmunsson twins are suuuper interesting characters. i enjoyed reading scenes with them. this is a dark book, with descriptions of awful murder scenes and trauma. so if you’re easily shaken, maybe pick up a different book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Sexual violence, and Torture

directorpurry's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

maddiecfloyd's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism