Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Au bord de la tombe by Jeaniene Frost

5 reviews

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

There are a few toxic troupes involving relationships and jealous, but it still an entertaining read with a better love story than “Twilight.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Car accident, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Death of parent, Racism, Grief, and Police brutality

Minor: Drug use

There is also political corruption, decomposition of the body, drugging drinks in an attempt to commit assault, and death of both grandparents.

nieva098's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Gun violence, Gore, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Body horror, and Death

mswarning's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.25

Not sure when I bought this book, probably 2009 at a sci-fi writing convention. I don't recall if I ever read it. Not sure what I would've rated it back then during my urban fantasy heyday.

Obviously based on Buffy and Spike. Sex was just ok. Story was predictable. Some of the banter was entertaining.

Did not finish during Shiftathon. I keep picking books for readathons that I'm not very excited to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Sexual content, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Gun violence

Minor: Pregnancy and Rape

queenjuly's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

I just love this book. Have ever since I read it for the first time with sixteen and yeah, maybe it didn't age that well (especially the later books), but I'll always love it, because for me it's the blueprint for how paranormal romance should be written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Rape

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

I don’t know if this book is just a product of it’s time (2007) or if my reading habits are changing again. But it feels like this book waffles back and forth from being bland and uninteresting to 🔥 with the all the banter. At this point I don’t think the banter is gonna save this book for me. 😩

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape