Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Ragdoll by Daniel Cole

4 reviews

ace_tea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity

staceyinthesticks's review

dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

atalea's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Forced institutionalization

lemonsandligaments's review

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Serial killing.

This is possibly my favourite book series. I never reread books but i have reread this one. The characters are unique and feel alive with reasonable motivations, but the plot is what gets me. It is fast and twisting, speeding up and slowing down at the right moments. The author has experience a paramedic so you KNOW that graphic scenes will be detailed, this man can get the grandeur of murder across. The romance is present but does not affect the plot, it can be removed and the story still holds.

I distinctively remember this scene

, sort of the endgame,

where one character was doing something time sensitive

,running from the Scotand Yard to the Royal Courts of Justice to save someone,

and it was written in a way that you could imagine playing out in real like

, if you open Google Maps and trace the route, it works

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I picked this up at half price and am I willing to pay the rest if requested. Read it if you want something fast that would take you on a ride without getting to depressing and dreary. I was constantly exclaiming and laughing while reading this book. Don't read it for emtional narration or a huge central redemtion arc, read it for a fun time.

Also, it has your typical jaded male potagonist (quite a few squares on male potagonist bingo) but it was done so well I'll let it slide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood