Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Echo Man by Sam Holland

8 reviews

ryan_mjm's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Rape, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Sexual assault

romonko's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

0.5

I thought I knew what to expect with this book after I read some of the reviews, but, believe me, they did not prepare me for this bloodbath of a book.  After I had read about 1/4 of it, I would have put it away, but it was given to me, so I felt compelled to finish.  At that point I would have probably given it 3 stars because it had captured my interest, and I hadn't yet read the 100's of pages of blood, gore and depravity.  As I continued the star rating kept going down and when I finally finished it, it was actually barely 1/2 star, but since there is no way to enter that rating,, I left it at one.  For those of you who like your thrillers graphic and full of blood and killing, this is the book for you.  To me it felt like the author threw everything but the kitchen sink into this mess.  I really don't know if he missed any possible depravities, but to me it felt like he didn't.  After reading the afterward, I realize that this is a first novel for Mr. Holland, and he followed the advice of his publisher to not stop at anything.  The book is about 450 pages long, and with all the repetitiveness, and with the cliffhanger of the ending, I think it could have ended at 150 pages.  I think I should have stopped at that point anyway.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Death, Murder, Violence, Blood, Sexual content, and Incest

This is a very graphic, depraved and violent book. There is no respite from the violence.

bookbug_97's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

Well SHIT. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Sexual violence, Addiction, and Child abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, Torture, Stalking, Self harm, Rape, and Physical abuse

saartjeinwonderbookland's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Hate crime, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

teacupsandbookshelves's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Cursing, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Rape, Torture, Blood, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Death

readbydanni's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow, this book is not for the faint hearted!
The Echo Man is brilliantly written with a plot that will shock you from start to finish. The development of the plot is really clever and quick-paced. The writing is brilliant and Sam Holland was not afraid of writing in horrific sometimes graphic detail of abuse and assault.
There is a small group of main characters, each of which have their own personal struggles as they try to work together to find the culprit and bring to an end the horrific attacks and murders of The Echo Man.
While it's not for the faint hearted, it's such a good book that kept me guessing all the way through. It's one of those books where the reader will find themselves questioning nearly every character they meet!
I really enjoyed The Echo Man and definitely would recommend with the advice for potential readers to check the CW's first.
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Thank you to NetGalley, Sam Holland and the publisher for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

librariangeorgia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Wow! Wow! Wow!

Bloody hell, that is one hell of a debut novel!

I'm still wrapping my head around it. I thoroughly enjoyed everything about it. I'm a fan of serial killers in books and this one was very well written.

I thought I knew who did it around half way through but with every reveal, I kept changing my mind.

That ending was fantastic! I completely did not see that coming!

I must warn potential readers that this is quite a graphic book - mostly with the details of the murders but there are also some graphic sex scenes.

I read the kindle version of this e-arc and the format isn't quite right. It feels like it jumps too much as it's not obvious where the breaks should be.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Torture

sucharita's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail