Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

30 reviews

tillystoptitles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, and Body horror

aimesericks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This was way more dark than I’d anticipated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood and Gun violence

Minor: Pedophilia

jolikestoread's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Fatphobia, Addiction, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism

kristiesbooknook's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Death, Blood, Toxic friendship, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

readersmultiverse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

A slow burn thriller involving a serial killer, a dead girl and her convicted best friend. There was unnecessary information at times but the book was still fairly short and well written. 
It was good but not mind blowing. If you read thrillers, you’d probably be underwhelmed by this one. 
It was very dark and gory. There are a lot of details of bodies being dismembered and children being murdered. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, and Cancer

katybugggg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pregnancy, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Bullying, Body horror, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gaslighting, Blood, Body shaming, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Abandonment

daniellenelson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, Vomit, Abandonment, Blood, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Rape, and Sexual violence

sizzlesteaks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Rape, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Physical abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Cancer

Minor: Vomit, Incest, Body shaming, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia

neverlandpages4's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

You know you’ve read a good book when it makes you immediately look for more books by the same author and has you contemplating on breaking your book buying ban. It’s been a while since I’ve read a good thriller, and I absolutely loved this. 

I’ve been seeing this all over bookstagram & booktube and every single review of it had either been 4 or 5 stars, so naturally, I had high hopes and I was not let down!! 

I read this when I was in a really bad slump and it got me out of it instantly. It’s gripping from the first few pages alone, and the suspense only escalates as you go on.

I absolutely loved the writing and it’s made me want to read this author’s entire backlist. There’s just something so easy and relatable about it. And despite it being told in third person, I still felt like I was a part of the story and I loved the narration. We mostly follow Geo, save for a few chapters following Kaiser which added more to the story. 

I also loved how balanced the past and present POVs were. It wasn’t repetitive and it didn’t drag on just for the sake of building suspense, both present and past chapters were really intriguing. 

This had everything I love in a thriller; good writing, suspense, lots of mystery, shocking and unexpected twists and turns, and unpredictable outcomes.

It was also a lot more graphic than I expected. I kind of put the book down for a while when I first started it because it made me really uncomfortable. So definitely check trigger warnings if you’re reading it. 

I rated it a 4 even though I absolutely loved this book because of last 100 pages. After the big reveal, it wasn’t as action-packed and thrilling as the rest of the book. Some things also seemed a bit ridiculous. Some of the smaller twists were easy to guess because they were foreshadowed. I had higher hopes for the ending but this was still one of the best thrillers I’ve ever read and I highly recommend it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Abandonment, Abortion, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Gore, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Homophobia and Alcoholism

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Completely f***ed up, but I couldn’t put it down.  Check the TW before picking it up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Rape, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexual content, Vomit, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Child death, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

Minor: Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Pedophilia, Car accident, Incest, Infertility, and Body shaming