Reviews tagging 'Death'

Lay Your Body Down by Amy Suiter Clarke

7 reviews

lpdx's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol

kelseyr713's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Excellent second novel from Amy Suiter Clarke. Religious trauma and the darkness that lurks in megachurches is clearly a subject close to her, and I enjoyed playing amateur detective along with Del.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Pedophilia and Pregnancy

Religious trauma, held at gunpoint, funeral

lindseyisreading's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming and Infertility

cassidylee's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? No

4.0

I really enjoyed this audiobook. I was really pulled into the story and couldn’t wait to find out how it all unfolded. I found the twists a bit more predictable than the protagonist did, but that didn’t deter from my experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, and Car accident

Minor: Body shaming, Infertility, and Outing

haley_mil_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I feel like this book had the potential to be so much more interesting than it was. But the structure was very predictable and the way the different plots were threaded together was confusing in the beginning.

The big twist with Finn was supposed to feel really dramatic and like a *gasp* moment but because I didn’t really care for him from the beginning, it wasn’t shocking at all. And it just became really annoying. Especially because so much of the message of the book is about patriarchy and the selfishness of men, I think it was a little bit stupid of Del to re-start a relationship with him after knowing he worked with Rick.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death

Minor: Body shaming

Del is sexually abused in church and images of her naked are distributed throughout the church. Then the pastor uses this opportunity to publicly shame her while sexually abusing her privately for over a year. There are multiple detailed flashback sequences and diary entries

samseyz's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Not nearly as thrilling as I hoped it would be. I did enjoy the overarching theme of religious trauma and women standing up for themselves against men. I think it could’ve benefited from being much shorter too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, and Alcohol

rachelibrarian's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting