Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Book of Night by Holly Black

44 reviews

lri_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Would’ve like it more if it had the happy ending

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Death of parent, and Alcohol

chase0w0's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Fatphobia, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

dreadspawn's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest and Sexual content

madmadmaddymad'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

5.0

I really loved this book, it had me gripped the whole time. 

I wondered the whole time what Lionel Salt had taken from Charlie…. Was it just her innocence? To be fair, I found him extremely sinister and chilling. In a world where shadows and magic exist - still a pretentious billionaire who’s used to getting anything he wants can be a compelling villain. 

Also, I really liked Charlie! A very different sort of YA heroine, set in her faults and hooked on the adrenaline of adventure. Vince was hard for me to trust at first. Then, I thought he betrayed her. And that ENDING!!!! Wow! I wasn’t expecting at all. 

Excellent, thrilling, and very dark - and somewhat spooky. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Body horror

jennn_3's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual content

Minor: Incest

thehobbitbarbie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

prosenheim's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Incest

taythegreat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I really enjoyed this book! Holly Black is the best when it comes to morally gray FMC. I loved that our heroine had flaws that but not in the "not like other girls" kind of way, Charlie was a lot of fun and I loved following her even when she made dumb decisions. She stayed on brand for sure. 

This was a very slow book at first, I knew little to nothing about it when I started reading so I wasn't expecting it to be twisty-turny, pleasantly surprised for sure! I had some parts of the ending figured out early on and thought I had it all figured puy. I was pretty smug about it ngl, but the unexpected hit and was so satisfying. 

The one thing I don't love is I went into this book thinking it was a stand alone, probably my fault for not researching it first, so the cliff hanger was a doozy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Incest, and Death of parent

kingsteph's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Incest

tokudoku's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest