Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Predator by RuNyx

40 reviews

ariana_m's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

3.75 stars. I have been avoiding this series for so long but I finally got into it! I liked this for the most part. It was good but this felt like an introduction book. It felt like an introduction to the world, some of the characters and the overall plot that will be in the series. I like all of the characters and how distinct their personalities are. You can tell how different they all are. Tristian and Morana have a lot of chemistry. I like them but, I don't really have a lot to say about them. I know that their relationship is going to develop more in the second book but they're good together. Tristan's backstory was so sad and it shows why he is the way he is throughout the book. 

I loved Dante and Amara. I think they're going to be my favorites but it's too soon to say. My only complaint was that the book felt a bit slow at times because of how little spoken interaction we get between Tristan and Morana. There was a bunch of looking at each other and other things yet they barely spoke but in a way it worked. Also, despite what the authors note said, I did get a little annoyed after a while when Morana kept mentioning "his blue eyes" and using descriptions of "whiskey and sin" when it came to Tristan lol. Overall though, it was enjoyable, can't wait to get into the next one!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

yettii's review against another edition

dark emotional

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

laritt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

shafirareads's review against another edition

dark funny slow-paced

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

2.0

I can't describe enough how funny this is LMAO

I swear if I have a dime for every time Morana's breasts and nipples pebbled I would be rich lolol. The too-detailed writing that led to dramatization and ended up describing the character's feeling in half a chapter made me skimmed almost all of the chapters. I can almost hear Tristan Caine saying "I'M BATMAN" whenever he appeared. The sex scenes were like hormonal teenager's dirtiest wet dream. I was dead laughing every time it popped up. Morana's breasts and nipples being pebbled mentioned in such out of the box situations that made me like wtf LMAO. She also had this tendency to be horny in such an unexpected situation that made my mind boggled. Even while I'm writing this I'm still laughing lolol

I picked up this book while reading the horrible Haunting Adeline and saw many people said The Dark Verse is so much better dark romance series. Turns out my expectation was disappointing lmao. "Probably" will not pick up the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual content

adelinaz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I didn't read a 3rd person book in years and I didn't expect to enjoy it much but it was better than any of my expectations.
I absolutely love Tristan. He's such an interesting and complex character. I was that the reason behind his hatred could be a pathetic one but it made a lot of sense and actually fit with his personality and how he acts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

rayesp's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

alis143's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

bookaholic_in_wonderland'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death

papiliv's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

In a fucked up way, I did love this book. Even if I didn’t always love the characters, I kind of know that wasn’t the intention and they all had so much personality, context, reasons for their actions and being. Tristan Caine isn’t a loveable, ideal book boyfriend and he’s not a character I like, honestly. The ending scene was incredible and just added depth. I’m ready to see what happens next, how he builds as a character. I really liked Morana in general, idk how she dealt with Caine and how their relationship actually started, he was only interested/showed interest over text lol. But I’m happy that she was powerful and stood her ground and a genius!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

bergha1998's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Very dark and only the POV of the FMC. That all being said, I found it very tense and mysterious in a good way. The unraveling of some of the mysteries was very interesting. This book doesn’t finish their love story, though, so if you like one off this isn’t one. 

Dark Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Mafia, 3 3/4 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail