Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

11 reviews

xlaurareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

this one was so good! i feel like i liked it even more than the first in this series. all the twists and turns, the plot points, the misleading evidence, the struggle with dean's father - and even while i found some of the plot points a bit predictable if you're a fan of mystery books, i still wasn't 100% sure of my predicitons until the very end. i also pretty much liked that we got to explore more of lia's backstory as well as dean and cassie's & michael and cassie's relationship with each other. and, obviously, i loved that cassie finally let herself really feel her feelings and articulated them towards the one she loved

finally!! i was waiting for this to happen for what feels almost like an eternity and, while i love michael and am truly sad for him, i was team dean from the start, so yay!

. this was truly an amazing book and I can't wait to read more about the naturals crew.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Emotional abuse

tiana_king's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

milpeaches's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Very fun read, lots of suspense but time jumps were strange. For example, there would be a scene where certain individuals were in a car together travelling but instead of using that for a plot device, Barnes used a time jump to skip over the potential that was there. Aside from missed opportunities,. very enjoyable!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Stalking, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence and Blood

kaitlynnnng's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

The first book in this series didn’t hit me the way I’d hoped it would, but I’m so glad I kept reading, because I loved this book! I felt much more connected to the characters, and the storyline was more interesting.

Throughout the story, I thought I knew what was happening, and then something would change my mind, and then I’d be confused, and then the cycle would repeat. In the end, I was so right and so wrong at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Stalking, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Abandonment, Child abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

abcangelcake's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Physical abuse, Murder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Torture, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Death of parent

ashleynp24's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I liked the building of relationships of the main characters. The plot took a lot of fun twists and turns and didn’t end the way I expected. I enjoyed that I couldn’t figure out the ending upon first glance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Death, Stalking, Gore, and Blood

vj_thompson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Just as good as the first one. There was something missing for me which was the further development of the romance. Sorry, I’m a romance girly at heart 💜 I still loved the twists and figuring out who the serial killer was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Gore

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Bullying and Medical content

namenotimportant's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.25

I felt like this book was a little more foreseeable for me than the first one. 

I definitely didn't expect three killers. But I did expect Webber to be part of this. It just made sense that a person on the inside, a guard, was involved. 
I love Cassie and Dean together.

Agent Sterling definitely grew on me. I feel like Redding could have been written to be a little more despisable. He was to easy for me to get over/to forget. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

gigihopkins's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gore, Violence, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Death, Kidnapping, and Torture

bellaguiliano's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, and Grief