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You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose

43 reviews

abbywj's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

jhowland's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

nikkirene161's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Addiction

romorel's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Quite a successful thriller, heavy on the what-will-happen-next factor.

The pacing is steady, the tension is clear, sexual, and discomfiting. Rose offers just enough details to sustain your interest, and plants subtle seeds into the plot to keep you turning the page. 

For some this will be pure fun and an engaging read, but others might find the slow progression and sudden double whammy twist dissatisfying. 

Character motivation seems surface level, and the twist unearned. The seeds planted earlier in the story don’t establish strong enough roots to ever have that retrospective understanding of certain details that tie back later. 

I acknowledge that may be a personal preference though, and overall found the story sexy and entertaining.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

mikaylamills's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

I enjoyed this book a lot. There was a lot of build up to the final twist and it honestly felt like it came out of nowhere. There weren't many hints as to what the twist was, but that can be good or bad. I do like Jeneva Rose's writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Death of parent

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

omgitsofg's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The twist was great but I didn’t necessarily enjoy getting there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

16kneidels's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

2 stars is because I am excited to have listened through this book do quickly as it truly was captivating and I had no idea what would happen. I would say “I never saw that coming” but that is usually associated with an OMG shocker- that usually makes me look positive upon a book. For this book, my reactions were “uh.”, “what is going on?”, “this makes absolutely no sense” and “nope”. Also the misogyny is through the roof but I think I now see why that was done, but it sure did not help. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Kidnapping, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Death of parent