Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

24690 by Alaska Angelini, A.A. Dark

6 reviews

cmykbibliophile's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

WOW. I wanted dark and I got pitch black, middle of the forest on the longest day of the year with a blind fold on dark. I absolutely loved this, it’s dark, erotic, passionate, and poetic…there’s complicated emotions, turmoil, grief, desire and the most vile actions I have ever read. I can’t wait to crack open the next book, I feel like a fiend looking for their next score. I knew West was a snake, he rubbed me the wrong way from the start. Everleigh is so strong and resourceful. Bram oh Bram where do I even start with him, I knew it, that’s all I’ll say is that I knew it. Check your trigger warnings at the cover because this book will check every single one of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

xxjessxx's review

challenging dark fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Kidnapping

lindsayreadsandcoffeebeans's review

dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

Wow...! As soon as I finished I raced to download the next one, it does end on a cliffhanger..
This one is definitely very dark and not for the faint of heart. It starts off quickly throwing you into the pitch black, horrific, nightmare world of Whitlock, an "underground world" where money and status can buy the most depraved things you can (and hopefully cannot) imagine. I cannot stress enough if you're interested in reading this series and have some hard stops on certain topics that you check out TW/CWs as this book hits quite a few very uncomfortable topics. 
However, if you do take the dive into the world of Whitlock, awful as it is I found myself unable to put the book down. There is murder, suspense, mystery, heartbreak, characters so vile you'll truly despise them, and others you'll find yourself cheering for in the dark recesses of your mind.

The only thing I wish there had been more of is really explaining how Whitlock came to be. It's referenced a bit and you get a very basic understanding, but in order to really understand some of the main characters more information on that would have been interesting. Though I'm a person who is always looking for the background, the "possible why" in stories, movies, etc. when these awful, traumatic events take place. In awful way this is only the first book so I'm hoping that will come later and I've seen there are a few novellas in the series too so maybe it's coming...

On that note, White Out (24690 #2) here we go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

filthydecisions's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

“the bait that treads the water is usually the hook that kills the prey.”

A truer quote was never attributed to a book, I swear. This falls somewhere between static white and oblivion level dark, reader discretion advised. I put off reading this for too long, and loved it. Dark books with actual plots make my soul sing. But I’m definitely going to need to bleach my brain with a romcom before hitting book 2. Fuck me. I am not ok. Send help.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Eating disorder, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

ells___'s review

dark tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death

book_vampyre's review

challenging dark tense slow-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: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Incest