Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

36 reviews

taylorc19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

This was such a creepy book. I have recently been reading strictly romcoms, so I was in the mood for a darker, eerie story. Boy, did this deliver. Emma is a strong, badass female protagonist with her fair share of nightmares. I wish we had more flashbacks or insight into her kidnapping and how she escaped because that felt relatively glossed over, given how big of an impact that experience had on her personality. I felt I knew enough to understand her motives and why she responded to situations in the way she did. However, I still am not totally clear on why she went to the FBI in the first place. I liked Bell, although he felt slightly more flat than Emma. He seemed very straightforward and lacked complexity in his character. I don't fully understand why Agent Cooper thought Emma and Bell would be the best duo for the job since they had very different experiences. Still, I can overlook that because I did enjoy the friendship and camaraderie they formed.  Side note:

was it necessary to make Cooper die??? I was just starting to like him!!!

Simon might have been the most interesting character to learn about, and I would love to know more about him. I feel like Kristin might have known more than she let on during his murder spree. I am intrigued about what he sees in Emma and why she enthralls him. However, I don't understand the end where

he basically eats (?) Hoyt while screaming, "You're not even the same species as me." Like part of me thought this would turn into some weird vampire novel

. Overall, I definitely liked this book and would recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

ashes_book_cave's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

zoejjj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

It was a good thriller but 100% reads like a YA (which it is so no judgement. I don’t think I could handle an adult true thriller because I am a wuss at heart) I feel no real attachment to the characters which doesn’t mean they were poorly written I just never clicked with them. 

The emotions all seemed heavy handed and forced. Emma’s trauma was probably written very accurately, it seems like the author did a lot of research, but my eyes just glazed over the pages worth of describing her panic.

I don’t know. I don’t want to be mean because it was an enjoyable book. It was a quick and easy read aside from the two incredibly graphic murders that were described. It was fun but it wasn’t AMAZING. Does that make sense?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

emmy_likes_2_read's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence and Death of parent

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

samflowerv6'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

4.5

He lifts his hand, strokes a finger down her cheek. Emma feels it like a crackle of lightning. 

"You, I did not anticipate." His eyes travel over her face. "How interesting. Come and visit me again sometime, Emma. We'll have croissants."

"I killed for transcendence. But I don't think you know what transcendence means. You probably don't even know how to spell it.”


I really enjoyed this!!! Final girl Emma Lewis is recruited by the FBI to interview juvenile offenders behind bars alongside Travis Bell, a Texas born teen. They bond and train at Quantico. They get tied up in an active case where Emma interviews Simon, a teenage sociopath who’s locked up in a mental institution. He’s known for being charming, brutal and manipulative. HE CHARMED ME I ADMIT IT! Icily beautiful Simon is intrigued by Emma and she shares more than she should with him all the while, trying to solve an active case he has information on. Over the book, Emma grapples with her trauma regarding escaping a serial killer in her teens and what that really means for her life now and who she’s become. Simon weirdly helps her with those thoughts as well as Travis. They have a beautiful connection and interesting dynamic (both with Emma but mostly Travis and Emma). I found myself loving Simon, Emma and Travis so much. Even Kristin was a wildly interesting character. This was such a great find and god I know Simon is insane but I think I fell in love with his crazy a bit. Also in love with Travis. So fast paced and interesting. I will be reading the second book and the new one whenever it comes out. I NEED MORE SIMON AND EMMA AND TRAVIS AND EMMA AND JUST IN GENERAL MORE BOOKS :)) I know it’s not a romance but the vibes were vibing. I love the slow burn of Travis and Emma.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Finally a good crime audiobook. While I've read the silence of the lambs, this didn't follow it completely, so it was still a pretty gripping crime thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

lydiaelyse's review against another edition

3.75

I hate the third person writing but once I got into the story I didn't notice quite as much. Really didn't connect to the characters though, probably because of the impersonal third person writing🤷‍♀️

just a heads up, this is gory and very violent (more than the typical YA thriller imo)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

matchashortcake's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ross_emm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Had me 100% from the beginning! Emma and Travis are great characters and I love their relationship dynamic throughout the book, their bond is very strong and it becomes that way quite quickly. Simon is such an interesting character to me

and I relished watching him go absolutely batshit on Anthony during their final battle.

I liked having a few chapters from the butchers perspective, but having information that the characters don't possess did drive me a little crazy (in a good way)
Definitely interested in reading more from Ellie Marney! 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gore and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death