Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

72 reviews

corywbowers's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Terminal illness, Blood, Abortion, and Alcohol

sjking's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

2.25

So many trigger warnings- all the trigger warnings. I did not like this book, but I also didn’t hate it. It felt like the author was adding gruesome, horrible scenes just for shock value by the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Vomit, and Pregnancy

exquisite_tragedy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Boy, was this dark! I’m not complaining, but I genuinely wasn’t expecting that for some reason.

This book has been languishing on my TBR for years, so I’m glad I finally picked it up. I ended up enjoying it for the most part. It was super messed up and went in a lot of unexpected directions. I just felt like parts of this dragged and went on for way too long. Like, a big chunk was spent outlining her life in prison…and for what? Cut out like 100 pages and I think I would have loved this.

CWs for sexual assault, graphic depictions of jail life, rape, gore/violence, emetophobia, child death, murder, violence involving eyeballs

Story: 3/5
Audiobook: 5/5 (narrated by January LaVoy)
Length: 10h43min

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit

bookmeabreak's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

"𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙." 

𝕁𝕒𝕣 𝕠𝕗 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕤 -  𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

⚠️⚠️ TRIGGER WARNINGS ⚠️⚠️
sexual assault, murder, stalking, blood

Womp womp. I had such high expectations for this baby. It got recommended so many times. And yet, there I was 115 e-read pages in... And I guessed what the hell was going on. MIND YALL! (Lord, there goes that "y'all" creeping on me again. I can't help it) But mind yall. I watch just about every police procedural show there is except Blue Bloods and The Rookie. I just can't. Anyway, my brain already works on profile mode when I read or watch murder mysteries. 

So with that in mind and if I pretend I didn't know the end. I loved this book. No part was slow, it didn't drag. I finished it in a day and a half. I felt for all the characters, even bucket head Calvin for about point twenty five seconds. I wish more on Geo Miss Jennifer you tried to skurt skurt over just how much that lady had to do eith everything. Cause let me tell you let it have been my bestie, sisters, mama, baby. "Tag team, back again" Cause, baby, no, no, no, we gotta go together. 

ℍ𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘
ᒍAY MAY OUT!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

jsberzon's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, and Murder

brooklynbabble's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Jesus this book was good, but super fucked up and hard to read in places. I liked it, don't get me wrong, but this was a hard read for me. Not one single character is “good” but that doesn’t mean they’re unlikable per se. Glad I read it and it hit the fall/halloween/dark vibes I was looking for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Murder

meganm1587's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Infertility, Car accident, Abortion, and Alcohol

amirahazhar's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

4.0

Extremely well-written, plot dense and intense. From the get-go, this was already heavy and dark. It's more graphic than other thrillers I've read so far and the grape parts were disturbing. Hillier did not skimp on the details. It's a story that doesn't leave your mind and I catch myself now thinking about how fucked up it was sometimes. 

This was my first glimpse of Hilier who is a fantastic writer, so I'll definitely be reading more of her work. I will however be bracing myself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

astoriareader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

SYNOPSIS

• Georgina (Geo), Angela, & Kaiser are best friends in high school. When Geo starts dating an older guy named Calvin, the dynamics in the group change. One day, Angela disappears.
• After fourteen years, Geo is a successful executive at a pharmaceutical company & engaged to a rich dude. When Angela’s body is found, Geo is arrested on murder charges by Kaiser, who is now a detective. 
• Geo ends up doing time in prison, and more murders start happening.
• What happened in the past & how is it connected to the present?

MY THOUGHTS

• Multiple POVs - Geo & Kaiser.
• Set in Seattle area.
• Different timelines - alternating between what happened in past versus present.
• Third Hillier book I’ve read, and she’s quickly become one of my favorite authors of the genre.
• Intense & hard to put down.
• Complex characters.
• Tough topics covered in book. Check trigger warnings.
• Well written. Easy to read & hard to put down.

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️another gripping thriller by Hillier 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

allycat5498's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

0.75

I wish I could unread this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail