Reviews tagging 'Torture'

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

41 reviews

sage_alexandra's review

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

3.5

It had me in the first half, but the, motive, didn't work for me.

Don't get me wrong, it was interesting, but I wasn't expecting cult sacrifice. The movie featuring a supernatural killer was a rip off that it wouldn't be your regular neighborhood serial killer. When talk of the Owl Man got brought up, I was expecting some Mothman shit (but, evil, Mothman is a good little dude). I wasn't pleased by the turn of events but oh well. But when it wasn't that, and was just a cult, I was disappointed.

All in all, I appreciated the representation in the book. I read "Cinderella is Dead" a couple of years ago and enjoyed both books. I wish it had gone more into the horror simulation, but I understand that wasn't the focus

even though it would've been nice to balance out the future insanity.

I'm glad I clocked Kyle from the beginning. The bodies being discovered under the couch (when they were supposed to have been ambulanced away), and the "I called the police" from Mr. Dumont were both red flags that I wish Charity had seen immediately.

Also, what the fuck was up with the sheriff?? He was just never brought up again? He had to have been in on it, right? I was expecting a cloaked figure reveal.

And the epilogue had me more freaked out than anything else. Girl, you just raised your dead girlfriend from the lake, and you AREN'T OPENING YOUR EYES?!?! As your hear the most unnerving sounds of water dripping from a person, and footsteps??? Like, I know you were expecting it, but aren't you a little concerned that she's going to be a rotting corpse?? I'm imagining some "Haunting of Bly Manor" lady of the lake grabbing your throat shit. My skin was CRAWLING

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

zombiezami's review

medium-paced

3.0

I feel like the magic being introduced in the last third wasn't executed well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, and Vomit

reedandright's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Police brutality

ska1224's review

dark 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

the twiiiiiiists 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

alexandramcgrew's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

this was a fun read, but i’m definitely glad i got it from the library

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Vomit

suzylit's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I’m not really familiar with the slasher sub-genre but damn that was good! I really enjoyed the whole concept of the terror simulation. At first I was just expecting a random killer appearing from nowhere but I loved how the story eventually unfolded! 
The last pages really had me on the edge of my seat.

So many plot twists I couldn’t process 😱😱

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

jkreads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This was a fun time! Not for most of the characters, but for me. I’m not a huge horror reader so this book was a great, relatively light (if such a thing is possible with horror) foray into the genre for me. Parts of the plot were predictable, some felt a little random and some took me by surprise!

The writing was descriptive but not overly so, it was easy for me to picture the setting and the characters. I really liked the cast of characters, including the FMC Charity.

This would be a good intro to horror/slasher for anyone wanting to try it out as it’s not super full on or gory.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Murder

triggs4780's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

bookishflower's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I enjoyed this until the 50% mark, but then it went off the rails a bit. I’d also be curious to know what Jewish readers thought.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail