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Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

35 reviews

marysespieces's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.0

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This book was fine. It wasn't for me. I really wanted to like it. The worldbuilding is what interested me the most. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, and Gun violence

Minor: Animal death

abditoryalive's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Blood

ashdawn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

I'm not a huge fan of most vampire stories, but this was SOOOOOO GOOD. It combines so many different folk lore vampires (it also fascinates me how wide spread vampires are throughout cultures), with high action, and comentary on women's equality and colonialism. 

Kinda mad about the ending, even if it was a very good ending that makes so much sense for the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Blood

marirene's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Drug use

jdieperink's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Police brutality, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, and Medical content

bookswithpao's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Hate crime, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child death, Drug use, Excrement, and Alcohol

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

4.0

Gritty and gory neo-noir thriller about vampires. The world building in this story was totally insane and I was absolutely here for it. Gruesome in the best way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Animal cruelty and Drug use

iamsammie27's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Death and Death of parent

trollmila's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Slavery, Trafficking, Colonisation, and Classism