Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Family Business by Jonathan Sims

21 reviews

ladybanecourt's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

✨5/5✨

First Johnny Sims book I read and, as a fan of The Magnus Archives, I have to say the writing still impresses me a lot! This is such a good book, and the characters??? The plot???

The Mr. Bill reveal???

Also, Xen was my favorite don't @ me.

I am definitely in love with this, would love to read it again for spooky season next year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gore and Death of parent

catriona176's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Blood, Vomit, and Stalking

misszoe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

shadowspinner's review

dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

ratgerry's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

Jonathan Sims does it again, demonstrating his skill in crafting a mystery that gradually comes together, sharpens, and builds towards an exhilaratingly horrifying finale. Beyond that, I never expected a horror novel to inspire me to seek out community and connect more closely with the people around me, but this one did it. 
My only point of critique is that

Mr Bill's Memory Prisons at the end

felt a little underexplored and like a slightly rushed addition for Plot Convenience, but not enough to break my suspension of disbelief.
All in all a ride that I could hardly put down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Alcohol, and Classism

gracecrandall's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

emflipspages's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? Yes

3.75

I liked this book, I'm a sucker for Jonny Sims and his use of patterns and categories in horror. But this book got a little bit repetitive sometimes, as if only the relevant happenings in the plot line were piled on top of each other, and the resolution wasn't as satisfying as it could have been (the solution came somewhat suddenly and there were still a lot of unanswered questions at the end). Still, the writing style, the characters and the story itself are completely brilliant, and you bet I'll be looking out for the rest of Jonny's work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Addiction and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Torture, and War

jan_coco_day's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Sims is a master at slow-paced horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, and Vomit

Minor: Bullying and Injury/Injury detail

proceduralbob's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis