Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

There Are No Saints by Sophie Lark

10 reviews

allymurphy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Reads like the first half of a much longer book (which makes sense, it’s the first in a duo). not totally obsessed but will still be immediately reading book 2. Not as dark as I thought but I’m reading this after just finishing The Cat & Mouse Duet so my scale for “dark” is a little broken atm

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Stalking, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Physical abuse

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

hekareadsbooks's review

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Child abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Stalking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Self harm

ednam0dewannabe's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Death

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

hunnykurls's review

dark tense medium-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: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Stalking and Self harm

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Abandonment

hannahlee98's review

dark mysterious tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol

kathrinellis's review

challenging dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

To me, the writing style was mediocre. The story itself contained more gore than expected. I am still going to read the second book to see whether I like the ending.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Stalking, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

lousnewchapter's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Rape

zellapaige's review

challenging dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

3.5

Dark, so so so dark. I think the relationship between the love interests has been developed very well.  What the story really lacks is the background to build the relationship between the two duelling San Francisco serial killers.  As much as the leading man rejects the other San Fran serial killer their story is as central to the plot as the smutty romance, and that aspect of this story is seriously underdeveloped. I am desperately hoping the second book builds both that story and the romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse