Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Genuine Fraud, by E. Lockhart

16 reviews

georgiamaynard's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

i like the premise of this book but unfortunately the execution was just not it for me. even when it started to get interesting it felt like a chore to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence

hannahs_library__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide, Stalking, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

rebeccarudisill's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

2.5

5 stars for narrative drive and creativity. But 0 stars for

Spoiler

ALL THE MURDER.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Murder, Gore, Violence, Sexual assault, Blood, and Infidelity

kshertz's review

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

She definitely writes mysterious stories that has me guessing until the very end! I don’t think anything will match We Were Liars, but this was a good follow up. It wasn’t as hard to predict outcomes but the end twist got me! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, Death, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

sydneyfegi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

deranged woman! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic friendship

hayliebeth's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Gore

Minor: Animal cruelty

daniellafrella's review

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.75

The way this book is written is what makes it so wonderful. It starts at the end and back tracks, revealing more and more answers and details as we travel back in time with the main character. Beautiful writing. Really a page turner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Stalking, Suicide, and Mental illness

lucychafia's review

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

3.25

I liked this book quite a bit! It was very hard to understand but that's my fault, not the books. Although the protagonist is pretty insane, i really liked reading her perspective. When I got to the end, i think there was some kind of twist but it was hard for me to understand, again probably my fault. I think I'll have to read it again. I had to have enjoyed it though cause i finished it in one sitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Death

tkatt20's review

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

4.0

I cant decide if i liked this book or not. This is the first book I've read from this author so I didn't have any expectations going into it like many other did that read the more popular We Were Liars, but I found the writing style very unique. The book itself is written backwards, so you know the aftermath of the events before actually knowing what took place and it was nothing like I had ever read before. I was extremely confused at first and it took me a bit to get in to it, but for a book that was less than 300 pages I didn't feel rushed or overwhelmed with information, and after it started to pick up and I started learning more it began to make a lot more sense to me. I do wish it had a bit more information on the characters motives, maybe an extra chapter or 2 on her past to kind of explain why she decided to take this route. I might end up rereading this in the future now that I know what happens, I'd like to see what kind of foreshadowing the author included early on and maybe see if there were any details I missed early on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Rape, Terminal illness, and Sexual content

alymei's review

dark mysterious fast-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

2.0

Pros: the structure was a good way to keep the suspense going as it makes us wonder how the protagonist ended up where she is

Fast read since the book is quite thin 

Cons: the reason behind the books events and why the protagonist did what she did was extremely anti-climactic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Blood