Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Sacrifice Box by Martin Stewart

5 reviews

karin_goodreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is one of my older 'to be read' list citizen and my god, why did I wait so long?
Initially I got the book, because of it's cover, it's pretty and I like crows and ravens and such, but now the story is what makes it so exciting! Would it be weird if I said that this horror book could be my new comfort book?

Like, come on, this was a 2-in-1 book, horror AND comedy baby! Most of the story is actually quite odd and fun I'd say. All the creepy and gorey details were also to my liking, but man, Arkle and his humor, mhmm, that got me hooked to the book. He caught me off guard every fucking time and I literally had stop and sit there amused. I really liked the others as well! And I feel so bad for Mario...

The plot was super riveting, the world building and storytelling kept me invested. Got to have some moments of realization that had me saying "OH" out loud.
And the ending?? I was constantly making notes and internally screaming. The actual main character Sep(tember) was phenomenal, how did he do it all? I have no idea. In reality, every one of these five took it like a champ. Basically a story about the power of friendship and love if we get cheesy :)

I don't actually have much to say, I'm scared to spoil too much or start rambling, so I'll keep it short. This was a memorable book and I'm so glad I got to experience it in a stormy weather, it added so much to the ambiance!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident, Medical content, and Vomit

Zombified animals (and people)?

lonestarreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Body horror, Cursing, Animal death, Gun violence, Death, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Alcohol, Murder, Vomit, Cancer, and Blood

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

corireed'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit

the_books_music_life's review

1.0

I didn't like this book, I was confused through a lot of it. The characters are easily forgettable and that's probably why I had trouble remembering who was who and what was happening. I think this could have been a good scary Halloween read expect for some of the characters; I felt we didn't need so many characters, it was a lot to keep up with and I think the story would have been better without so many. I didn't particularly enjoy the gory animal death scenes and this book had a lot of them. A lot.

I just found myself not caring about the characters, their problems, or their lives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Animal death