Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

23 reviews

savreads28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Violence, Gore, Stalking, Body horror, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Grief, and Medical trauma

xapoptosisx's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book because its all my favourite things about science and psychology into the one book with fun teenagers. I am very excited to read the second one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

emilywemily6's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

This was an intriguing read based on the premise (YA criminal minds) and lives up to that. It was a bit more gory/intense than I anticipated but it’s to be expected when serial killers are involved. This was a quick read because there’s almost no depth to these characters. Cassie is just a girl whose defining features include her mother dying five years ago and that she is naturally good at profiling people. She felt very bland and while the other characters are more interesting, it’s not by much. The quality of the writing is mediocre. I appreciated the twist at the end though I saw it coming right before the reveal. This book is unique enough and I enjoyed this book enough that I will continue the series, though I will just be borrowing from the library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Stalking, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Gaslighting, Sexual content, Alcohol, Abandonment, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

hellxriver's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Death of parent

hdoomk's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Torture

tiana_king's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This did not slap like it did when I was 13 😅 The love triangle really did not need to be there. This is on the very young side of YA and you can tell that this is her first published book. However I still think the twist was neat and I will be reading the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Child abuse and Kidnapping

abbie2505's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Stalking, Torture, Death, Police brutality, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

asipofcozy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

That was another surprising book - and in a good way. It was easily addictive and I was absorbed in the story. Was it the most amazing and outstanding thing I have ever read in the thriller world, no but it's YA and I can't expect YA to be perfection or detailed. However, I was easily absorbed in the story and I love a good guessing game. Some twists I caught other's I did not and the ending was quite surprising. 

The characters are the typical YA characters with a typical YA sub-romance plot. Not saying this is a bad thing just that it didn't wow me in any way. But the characters were enjoyable and all of them had good starts to their personality. Also, this I believe is Barnes' first series and it reads as such.

So I definitely plan to read the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Death, Violence, Torture, Hate crime, and Death of parent

cris_is_in_crisis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

A must-read for all the lovers of the TV show Criminal Minds. Imagine a house full of different versions of teenage Dr Spencer Reid solving cold cases, until one of those cases comes back with a vengeance for one of the new entries.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, and Torture