Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

121 reviews

sci_fi4life_lol's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Animal death

sonygaystation's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, and Alcohol

cait's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nadiajohnsonbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, and Grief

moonylovesstars's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

zerogames's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

gracefulraven's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Suicide attempt and Alcohol

emilyspex's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Things I liked:

• The horror elements were excellent
• The mystery was compelling up until the reveal

Things I didn't love:

• The reveal was a monologue, which I loathe
• The main character is very pessimistic and constantly blames herself for things that are obviously not her fault. This actually makes sense with her backstory, but it's just not something that I love to read in first person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol

childdeirdre's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

2.0

It was agony to finish this book and I only managed because you can do other things while listening to an audiobook. I spent the last three hours hoping the ending would compensate for the previous ten. Half of the plot points don't make sense. There's just so much suspension of disbelief you can throw at things. And theain character is an absolute whiner (or at least the narrator plays it like that). I spent most of those 12 hours and 50 minutes wishing the author would put her (and, as a result, me) out of her mysery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

rachelann88's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

Super spooky and the ending/resolution was satisfying. Lots of horror books fall off for me in the middle or end, this one powered through to the last chapter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Gaslighting