Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Damaged by Onley James

18 reviews

wii3rdo's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

EVERY STORY IN THIS FUCKING SERIES MAKES IT BETTER AND BETTER ISTG 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Classism

aylen_96's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

ghosthills's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Mental illness

The leads have no personality. They're just walking archetypes. One is a sociopath and the other is the victim of abuse. Add insta-love and a justifiable murder, and viola, one little novella.

lacyparrish's review against another edition

4.5

An interesting novella that apparently straddles the Necessary Evils world and another series for the author. I really liked the premise of the story, the couple's evolution despite how quick the story is and a peek into a side character's life that we haven't seen much of in the main series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Abandonment

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

This was such a fun read! I loved that we got to meet some new faces that I’m sure will pop up in other Necessary Evils books. I also really liked that we got to see the Mulvaney’s from an outside perspective. Okay, so Dimitri is the absolute sweetest! He may be a psychopath, but he loves Arlo with every fiber of his being. And Arlo is just adorable. I love that he goes from this timid shy person in the beginning to sassing very dangerous people (Asa & August) with little thought. This was so good and I can’t wait to dive into the next book! This is getting four out of five stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual violence

rickireadss's review against another edition

4.0

i almost skipped this one and i am SO glad i didn’t. i loved dimitri and arlo so much. did i think of the movie “the good dinosaur” several times? yes but it’s fine 😂 i can’t wait to see their cameo in the next book!

⚠️: murder, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, violence, child abuse, sexual violence, physical abuse, sexual assault

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

alexandryareads's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Blood

laureljeanreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

3.5

Short novella that intersects with the main world of the series, I liked it but for being so short there was a but that felt very explaining everything to you that got a little dry. Loved getting more Calliope though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Physical abuse

talk_bookish_with_me's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child abuse and Rape

jessie_h's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

OMG! Calliope has a kid! Who is also a psychopath! I have been wondering how she got involved with the Mulvaneys since the first book and now I know. Dmitri and Arlo were cute together and the cameos from the Mulvaneys were awesome! I can't wait to see how the ending of their novella fits in to the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail