Reviews tagging 'Death'

Intercepts by T.J. Payne

39 reviews

mourning_d0ve's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Blood, and Death of parent

retrogradebrain's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

It's like if the Russian Sleep Experiment was real and so, so much worse. From prolonged to epilogue, I was captivated by the inhumanity of the experimentation. And how that contrasted with the incredible humanity of Joe and Riley. The description of Riley's hallucinations are intense and horrifying. Thr grim reality they present for Joe, even more so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

celestialchants's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

evschmadtke's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

jenlengland's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Excrement

msmadd95's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Wow!! This was insane but would consider it more psychological horror. A fast-paced read about government experiments gone horribly wrong. The twist at the end made me want to throw my Kindle. A great read, but I have so many unanswered questions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

spiralinghallways's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage and Excrement

cartergladu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

corriecorriecorrie's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Quick summary: Joe works at a facility that performs human experimentation. His work just followed him home. 

I read this booking in one sitting because every chapter left me wondering what would happen next (stressyyyyyy). There were jump scares, plenty of moments were I had no idea if the events were really happening or if they were all in the characters’ heads, and the epilogue was a perfect bow of answers to tie it all together. 

A great horror book that won’t leave me so terrified I need a nightlight to sleep. I’ll be recommending it to (aka forcing it upon) my mom and would definitely read again myself. 

TW: suicide, gore, human torture 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

narakuos's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail