Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose

22 reviews

lulusreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Joe Golberg from “You” meets the female Dexter. But neither MC’s are that interesting. Lots of plot holes in this story. I didn’t feel connected to any of the characters & I basically rolled my eyes every time Calvin talked. What an obsessive cry baby loser, major “lil d energy”

 All that suspense build up just for everything to unravel in the last few chapters & not everything got an explanation.. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Stalking, and Murder

Why wouldn’t Grace a woman! save Bri from being tied up in a Cabin! She just released her & kicked her then drove away!? The only explanation to Grace being a serial killer is that it’s in her “nature” but I still would’ve liked more of an explanation as to why she chooses to kill AirBnB hosts. Why did she choose Calvin ? & wtf why was Grace’s “work” & “laptop” mentioned multiple times in the beginning just for that detail to be forgotten about 🤦🏻‍♀️

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Torture, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death and Car accident

meaghanslibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It’s hard for me to rate this book. I enjoyed the mystery for the most part, although it did linger a bit too long. I did guess most of the “plot twist.” I’m not an exceptional guesser but the hints throughout the book made it fairly obvious.

That said, upon reflection there are still major plot holes in the book. Like how do characters fall in love with each other in a few days?! So many other unexplained events. The ending didn’t tie up all the loose ends. As a result it was not particularly satisfying and felt a bit rushed.

It was a quick read and kept me entertained so it gets a 3 from me.

This is the third audiobook I’ve ever listened to all the way through and I liked the narrators regular voices. BUT when each narrator tried to imitate voices of other characters it was very offputting. I wish they stuck with their normal voices.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

braveprincess11's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.0

Quick question: what the fuck was that? 

I thought I had a sense of where the book was going, but I definitely didn’t. It tries too hard to be thrilling and romantic, and ultimately fails at both. The first… 80% or so feels like a bad romance novel where the love interest is probably a stalker. And then it takes a turn in an… interesting, unexpected direction. 

I’ve heard Jeneva Rose referred to as “the queen of unexpected twists,” and I suppose that’s technically true. Though, usually, twist endings make sense when you look back over the book — you can usually find clues that looked innocuous at first glance, but are actually foreshadowing the twist. That wasn’t my experience. 

I feel like the last 15% of the book was written entirely for shock value, and had no real connection to the plot. I mean…

Grace turning out to be a serial killer using an alias?

It would’ve been an interesting reveal had it actually felt connected to the rest of the book, but I just sat there, saying “wait… what’s going on?” for the last 5 or 6 chapters of the book. My advice: Skip it. Certainly won’t be reading from her again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death and Car accident

bibliogabs's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

It was entertaining enough that I was able to finish the book, but I just did not find the plot interesting nor did the ending provide a satisfying twist. I don’t want to ever read “those blue blue eyes” ever again.

I guess her having a whole ass family at the end was surprising. It doesn’t make sense for her personality but oh well. I did suspect her being bad, thought Calvin was going to end up being good lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

amandab0514's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

   Grace goes on vacation to Wyoming, and stays at Calvin's house where he's renting out a room as an Airbnb, but neither one of them is what they seem. 
     Wow! The ending did surprise me, and they both ended up being very screwed up. I could have used it without all the animal death, blood, and gore. That got a bit extreme at points. 
     It was a very twisty thriller and not what I expected. But it kept me engaged.

Narrator Rating: 5 stars!
    Both narrators were amazing. Great with the voices and tonal shifts.

 Extra ratings: Fluff - 0/5   Heartfelt- 4/5   Helpful -NA    Horror -1/5    Inspiration -NA    Love aka Romance- 2/5    Mystery -3/5   Predictability -2/5    Spice-2.5/5    Suspense -4/5   Tear- 3/5   Thrill -5/5    Humor-0.5/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, and Death of parent

jry's review against another edition

dark medium-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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

brandieh21's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

hannahwoodson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail