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Genesis by Chris Carter

7 reviews

cm87's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Suicide and Self harm

hollander_63's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, Bullying, Death, Gore, Murder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying and Child death

soederbacka's review

dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Stalking, Suicide, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Self harm, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

mxajlikesbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Gore, Grief, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Torture

krystalframe's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Torture, and Bullying

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Self harm

day_dreaming_vampire's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I wish I could give this book 6 stars!! Chris Carter has knocked it out of the park with this one!! 
It's very rare that a book genuinely creeps me out but I found myself checking under the bed and in the wardrobe before going to sleep.  If the goal was to scare us silly Mr Carter, then well done.
It's everything a thriller should be, twists, turns, suspense, absolutely unputdownable :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Gore, Murder, Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Violence, Stalking, Mental illness, Grief, Bullying, Body shaming, and Blood

nosey667's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

when i met chris carter, he said how Genesis would be his darkest book to date, and i can't help but agree with him on that one.
with this book, carter really stepped it up a notch in terms of inducing fear in the reader - despite the fact that (some) of the murders in this book were less bloody and less, i guess, gory in the 'traditional' way, it is absolutely brutal. ive read loads of thrillers and crimes, and this goes into the list of ones that truly made me feel icky. its expertly done.

something thats done/explored really well in this book which isnt done to as much an extent in the others is the theme of trauma and the effect of these killings rather than the killings themselves. this books more dark than the others because of its continued theme of suicide and mental health thoughout, making it more realistic and therefore i guess personal and terrifying. its one where as a result, you cant help but sympathise at least a bit with the killer for what theyve gone through, which, i at least, dont think was done as much in the other books.
and the reveal! this one is absolutely packed with red herrings. i love a serial killer book, but when the killer turns out to be a woman, its bound to be up there in the favourites.

another great book by chris. they just seem to be getting better and better each time. definitely give this a read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Body shaming, Child death, and Bullying