Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas

22 reviews

samantha7815's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

A little slow at the beginning but once things started happening, it picked up. I wish the whodunnit reveal had a little more oomph but it wasn't the worst. And I wish we knew if the person would actually get charged with the all the things they needed to be charged with. I did enjoy the very last bit with Ginny, I wasn't expecting it. And I liked how Ethan's character turned out. 

I wish we found out about what would happen with Tom and Mike knowing that Tom killed an innocent man. And like besides emotion clouding judgement, why he was so quick to kill an innocent man

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

rebecca_spain's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

s_lorenz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

nerdybookshelff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Monica is the sister of Jen, one of the five cheerleaders who died five years ago. Ever since then, there have been no more cheerleaders in SunnyBrook. There are 5 families forever scarred from these deaths with constant reminders everywhere. When Monica uncovers that the police might not have caught the right culprit, she goes out of her way to set things right, for her sister and her friends. 

Spoiler <I went into this thinking it would be a typical highschool -murderer-comes-back-again-to-finish-what-they-started situation. However, it is just Monica uncovering the past> I did finish it 24 hours but it fell kind of flat for me unfortunately. I guessed the culprit correct and had a feeling about the last chapter but was surprised about a certain characters involvement in the last chapter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Abortion, and Murder

nicoleherz'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

3.75

High school mystery, plot twist, revisiting old trauma

Pretty good story, didn't see this twist coming the way I did with Thomas's other book That Weekend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Abortion

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Blood, and Vomit

goodnightngo's review against another edition

3.0

Solid book yet again. I liked the imagery of describing the main character’s surroundings.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

emilysreadingbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Chronic illness, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

angelicathebookworm's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism and Mass/school shootings

lorie336's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I am a sucker for school drama especially when it deals with cheerleaders or popular kids and this was everything I wanted. Five years ago five cheerleaders die in three different scenarios and five years later the younger sister of one of the cheerleaders looks into what happened and if they were all connected. I love how you didn't know who killed these girls until the end, although the one I knew was the truth and that's really sad. Great thrill ride and love the character of Ginny. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, and Death of parent