Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose

37 reviews

aech's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Animal death, and Death

omgitsofg's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The twist was great but I didn’t necessarily enjoy getting there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Vomit, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, Blood, Infidelity, and Murder

kay_chan's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

This was a weird one. This one has been on my TBR since it came out, and I'm glad i didnt take it on vacation with me because if would've given me the huge creeps while i was also at a remote Air B&B. So, PSA with that...

I listened to the audio because I LOVE Andi as a narrator. She is wonderful. 

The twists of this book forever kept me guessing, but almost in an annoying way because every time I thought I would know who was trust worthy or who would be a reliable narrator something happened. So having no character to be a trustworthy POV made this a tough read where I just couldn't connect because I couldn't trust anyone's perspective. 

Not a bad read, but also could've been better. The ending just seemed like the build ended up flopping because the entire book was a giant build with too many elements and twists that fizzled out. Also, the last chapter feels like it came out of nowhere, so I feel like that final reveal could've been better transcribed. I didn't trust Grace or her story from the get go. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent and Car accident

16kneidels's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Animal death, Violence, Death, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content

mrmarshall591's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

2 stars is because I am excited to have listened through this book do quickly as it truly was captivating and I had no idea what would happen. I would say “I never saw that coming” but that is usually associated with an OMG shocker- that usually makes me look positive upon a book. For this book, my reactions were “uh.”, “what is going on?”, “this makes absolutely no sense” and “nope”. Also the misogyny is through the roof but I think I now see why that was done, but it sure did not help. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Excrement, Sexual content, Misogyny, Gore, Animal death, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Suicide, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Gun violence, Confinement, Addiction, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Death of parent

bambicat234's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I am usually good at guessing endings... but this twist got me. I'm impressed. And chilled 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Animal death, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, and Kidnapping

Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

sarahmae531's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed this book. I did see the twist coming from a mile away, but it was at least somewhat entertaining leading up to it. Can’t say I particularly loved, or even liked, any of the characters, which usually I need in a book. Overall a good book and a good way to start off October. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Kidnapping, Animal death, Murder, Death of parent, Torture, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Confinement

lorenmarie7's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

A little graphic for me at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Murder

jenn_reads's review

mysterious fast-paced

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

1.5

The narration feels off from the very beginning and it turns out there's a reason for that, but I feel like this book relies too heavily on a grand "twist" over actual character development. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Fatphobia

Bee allergy

jry's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Rape, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse