Reviews tagging 'Gore'

There Are No Saints by Sophie Lark

29 reviews

geesusbeesus's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Death, and Sexual content

jocl1420's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

Um... it was a book..? I don't really have much to say. I personally didn't enjoy it. But maybe you will. 
Cole is a serial killer artist who discovers Mara and he becomes obsessed with her. So there's that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Body horror, Medical trauma, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Stalking, Cursing, Medical content, and Self harm

courtneydindin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I liked this book, however, I encourage people to proceed to read with caution. Heed my trigger warning. This book took turns I wasn’t expecting, and I found myself fairly disturbed at the beginning. I also found it hard at first to connect with our male leading character, Cole, as he proved to be no more than an arrogant bastard. However, near the end, he truly seem to have a glow up as he got to know Mara and he began to feel emotions that he hadn’t ever experienced in the past. Overall, I liked this book and I’m excited to read the second one, but I definitely encourage you to do your research before you read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Violence, Stalking, Gore, Sexual content, and Self harm

molliundera_'s review against another edition

dark fast-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? Yes

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

sashasauroras's review against another edition

dark fast-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? Yes

1.0

“I hate being wrong.
 I hate it all the more for how rarely it happens.
 My anger flares at the girl.
 This is her fault. Her fault for defying the fate rushing toward her” 
 important trigger warnings: 
-murder 
-detailed murder 
-abduction 
-sexual assault 
-sexual harassment 
-neglectful parents 
-abuse (from parents) 
-STALKING!!!! (that’s a big ass part of the book)
-invasion of privacy(also a big part of the story) 
-trauma and nobody is going to therapy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Rape, Trafficking, Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abandonment, Animal death, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

baileyt2424's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Self harm, Rape, Violence, Vomit, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Blood

roseyposeyreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Stalking, Blood, Gore, and Violence

isabelleroyall's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Classism, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Misogyny, and Vomit

rachael_perry's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

I don’t enjoy reading a lot of smut, but these characters and this plot made me question my kinks in the best way. If someone were to have described this to me prior to reading it, I would have said, “thank you, next,” but having read it for my Smut Club (trying not to DNF another one), I am changed. I want to read the sequel, but I’m extremely anxious about it. To be honest, the ending of this one kind of felt like the author said, “oh, let’s cut this story off now and make the rest into a sequel,” but whatever. I never expect much from smut, so this one caught me off guard. Recommend? Kinda? Trigger warnings, for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Gore

morgansbookshelves's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

 Bumped up my rating from a 4.5 to a 5! I love how dark and twisted this book is. Lark has a very impressive talent for making you root for the bad guy, as much as I should have disliked Cole I couldn't help but hang on to every word in his chapters. Seeing how his mind worked was fascinating and I am so glad that I have access to book 2. I need to see how this is going to end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Kidnapping, Cursing, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Death, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Body horror, and Bullying

Moderate: Self harm, Abandonment, Misogyny, Child abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol