Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Merciless by Danielle Vega

17 reviews

phoenix2818's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

millymorr's review

dark tense fast-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, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

aliteraryadventure's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book went left really quick and I was not ready for it. Jesus Danielle Vega can pull you into a scene and keep you there whether you like it or not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

werewolvesnotswearwolves's review

dark tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Self harm

ghouligan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

the_books_music_life's review against another edition

3.5

It was chilling, scary, creepy, and kept me on the edge on my seat the whole time. I was very grossed out by the graphic and very gory depictions of violence. But if you're fine with that and want to be scared and left hanging this book is for you.

I never in a million years saw that cliff hanger at then end. That was one twist I can say I never saw coming.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, and Violence

maryshelleys's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

i can't remember any time where i was able to sit down with a book and read it front to back like i did with this book. i know it's just trashy mean girls like other reviewers have said, but i'll be damned (no pun intended) if i wasn't entertained from beginning to end.

there's a lot that could have been explored more and i'll admit that the plot was a bit messy, but since this is the first in a series, i'm willing to let that slide a little bit for the fact that i was entranced the entire time. i can't wait to get my hands on the rest of this series.

also, brooklyn having been possessed the whole time? it opens so many doors for the sequels, and i'm so excited to see where this goes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death