Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky

50 reviews

willow2342's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

meganpkin's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

May be triggering for someone who has been emotionally manipulated and for anyone whos attacked in their home by an intruder because that is described often. 
A good mystery that was hard to figure out, all in all though I'm not sure it was worth how I ended up feeling by the end of it which is a personal reflection only. It was well written, paced well, I read it in 3days wanting to find out the truth and the prologue completely had my attention and drew me in. I liked the amount of trivia about film and such, that was enjoyable. Would be intrigued by a sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

knightkikibeth's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

jackieyvette's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

As far as YA horror goes this is a fine book. The storyline was pretty standard, the characters were run of the mill and the ending was easy to follow. But it was just so long. I feel like 100 pages could have been removed AT LEAST.
I've read better YA horror, but I would probably rec to someone who is just looking for something. 


Crying Score: none

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

catsnebulareads's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder

chellery's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

maddireads13's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

allisonsmith120's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault and Vomit

_seanna_nicole_'s review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

siobhanward's review

mysterious 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

2.0

 I'm not sure if I'm past my YA horror era or if this just wasn't for me. I found all of the characters annoying, and very much you reap what you sow. A lot of the characters felt really underdeveloped to the point that when the twist came I wasn't really shocked, nor did I care. Not because I really saw it coming, just because the people who were involved were so underdeveloped, it just didn't matter.

Anyway, the basis of this book, rooted so deeply in a love for horror is a great idea and I just wish that it was better used. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence