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The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco

9 reviews

apothecarum's review

mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Body horror

Moderate: Racism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Colonisation, Animal death, Racial slurs, and Drug abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, and Sexism

piendorabox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

It was alright up to halfway through the book, the dry writing made it hard for me to get really into it, but once the pace picked up it became a thrilling, enjoyable read. The plot twist caught me off guard and the ending made me a bit sorrowful but I wouldn't have it any other way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Suicide, Sexual harassment, and Murder

awkwardimagination's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I was really really enjoying this book, it was so good from the very first line. But I cannot help but feel,,, disappointed by the ending? maybe its my brain and I'm tired but i was hoping for something idfferent and reading the last chunk of the book made my brain feel mushy. I do really like this book, Alon and Askal were fantastic and the central theme of the book is one I like a lot - much about humanity and our actions. A great summary of this book is basically "greedy white men get whats coming to them, finally"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, and Cursing

Moderate: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Gaslighting, Car accident, Animal death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Medical content, Infidelity, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide

jessereadsthings's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Animal death and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, and Rape

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual assault

midnightrubies's review against another edition

dark mysterious

3.75

Cosmic horror that reminds us what happens when you fuck around. You find out. 

Ngl the reveal of the Alon's true identity was not something I saw coming

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Racial slurs

daniellestarredpages's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. The fact that most off this book was entered around privileged white Americans encroaching on a space that wasn't theirs to enter, ignoring all the warnings and suffering the (horrifying, supernatural) consequences was something I never thought would become a plot point I would thoroughly enjoy but I did. 

This book also makes a budding queer relationship between a the son of one of the producers of the show and Alon (they/them) the local boy, with  a strange connection to the island, who tries repeated to warn the Hollywood people to get off the island.

The horror element of the story was amazing written, vividly detailed and sufficiently creepy without being  too much for the people who have a lower tolerance.

Also the twist! It was hinted at without being too obvious. I loved it.

If you are looking for more reviews from me, check out my YouTube channel here : https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCGRr_IBoWd5ue-0Q9qffYdw/featured

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

smpeeden's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Racial slurs

modernmatilda's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The Sacrifice is a solid 4/5 star book that perfectly fits into my very-specific-sub-genre of "creepy flowers and trees on the cover". The horror of this book is incredible and I had to read it with my back against the wall so I knew nothing would sneak up on me. The ending was a WILD ride and I loved the ride. Having a nonbinary Filipino character was lovely. My two hold-ups for not giving this book five stars are:
1. The horror was fantastic, but there was too much repetition, too much of the same events happening over and over. This dulled the scare-factor for me as I became acclimated to experiencing the same moments over and over. I think there could have been a little more variety of events. 
2. The romance felt rushed and forced into the book. The same emotional reaction could have been achieved with a platonic friendship.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Gore, Body horror, Addiction, Animal death, Grief, Colonisation, Racism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Alcoholism, Violence, Racial slurs, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Minor: Physical abuse and Domestic abuse