Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

18 reviews

wolfstvr28's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

One of the best books I've ever read. Definitely gonna buy it, one of my favorites!! Like read it!!! I promise you will not regret it! I even have the last bit of dialogue from this book memorized because it's so good and I recommend it to everyone I know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcohol

claraelaine's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

hugsy85's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

I read a lot of dark thrillers and this one made me incredibly uncomfortable. Even though I read the trigger warnings before starting - or maybe I missed some - there were topics that came up that I was not prepared for. 

I had to take breaks and keep reminding myself that it is just a book. The subject matter is unsettling and the amount in which Jack tortures Grace both physically, mentally and psychologically as well as his promises for the future involving Grace's family ... It was a lot 

Overall it did keep me on edge which is the point and I was impressed with the ending. Definitely worth a read if you are into dark thrillers - but again - read the trigger warnings beforehand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

sammirosewater's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

thebookaddict's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

🇳🇱: Een goed vlot boek. Het boek zelf is vlot geschreven.  Er staan geen onbegrijpelijke woorden in en je leest hem zo uit. Het boek gaf mij een beetje dezelfde vibes als the housemaid van Freid McFadden, alleen dan zonder plot. Dit boek was van het begin tot het einde erg voorspelbaar. Je had gelijk in de gaten wie de slechterik is en er gebeurde niets onverwachts. Hierdoor miste ik een stuk spanning. Een leuke toevoeging was wel dat je het verhaal in het verleden te zien krijgt. Dit zorgt ervoor dat het verhaal toch iets leer diepgang krijgt. Al met al een vlot te lezen boek met een leuke verhaallijn, maar waar wat meer diepgang in mag

🇬🇧: een good and fast paced book. The book was fast paced. It didn't have any hard to understand words in it and you finnishel it in no time. The book gave me the same vibes as "the housemaid" of Freida McFadden but without a plot. The book was very predictably and you know immediately who the bad guys was and nothing unexpected happend. The nice part were the now and past views. That way the book got a little bit more dept. So a fast paced book with a good story line, but it could contain more dept.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

tkhenry99's review against another edition

3.75

i liked this as someone who doesn’t read a lot of domestic thrillers, but not sure someone who does would enjoy it as much

i wish esther had somehow been a bigger part of the story, that she HAD gotten a message to grace in the book somehow. it seems weird that she just immediately knows there’s something wrong when she’s only met grace a couple of times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

beneficial_order_637's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Blood

alenafrankis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

igroswell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I really liked this book. The ending was magnificent, Esther being the light at the end of the tunnel for Grace was wonderfully done. I also felt that the author did a great job at building the tension by going back and forth between past and present to end up at the main event. I enjoyed the fast pace of this book, and how realistic it was in terms of women in controlling relationships. Enjoyed this one quite a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism and Blood

jessicaschick's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

alright so that book made me literally never want to get married lmao

also we love Millie and Esther in this household

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Alcohol