Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose

84 reviews

staceyw81's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

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

ursiform's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

idk_indigo's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.0

Weird book. The ending fell kind of flat, but I didn't anticipate it, so... I suppose it was very suspenseful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual violence, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

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

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 🤦🏻‍♀️

reginann's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

pamnc's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

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

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