Reviews tagging 'Child death'

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

17 reviews

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

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

This is perfect for fans of “The Naturals” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and the TV Show “Criminal Minds”! I will say it is a little more gory than I thought, and it slightly leans toward horror/thriller side of mystery, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. This was a highly bingeable book that will leave you guessing and slightly creeped out in the best way.  I am so excited to see that there is a sequel and I will be reading it immediately. 

I also enjoyed that on the audiobook, there were multiple narrators to distinguish the changes in POVs. 

Age rating: 17+ (language, violence, gore, mutilation, ptsd) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

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

flip_chester's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Medical content, and Death of parent

ssummer_readss's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

SUCH a good book. ik some people don’t like it, but i personally enjoyed it a lot. finished it in three days. it had me on the edge of my seat. i love how Emma, the mc, isn’t protrayed as a helpless little girl. she’s strong and has attitude, but also is relatable and realistic. i also love cooper and bell. i really love how different the characters are. the gutmunsson twins are suuuper interesting characters. i enjoyed reading scenes with them. this is a dark book, with descriptions of awful murder scenes and trauma. so if you’re easily shaken, maybe pick up a different book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Medical content, and Death of parent

laurenevlyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book! The characters were all very well written and the writing style is unique but easy to get used to. Emma is an amazing character and her growth was very well done. Simon is intriguing and complicated and creepy and I really hope we get more of him in book 2. Overall and amazing book with great characters and great interactions between those characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol

tyler_machotka's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.75

This book was way different from what I normally read, but I still really enjoyed it! You can tell the author took a lot of time researching and it really payed off! I will definitely be reading the second one at some point! I feel like this book is really under hyped sadly (i mean look at the cover it's gorgeous). So overall I really enjoyed it! I feel like the ending was perfect as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use

cosmiccutlass's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

pspude's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

This was so good! Book hangover worthy!

I loved the concept - two teens brought in to interview serial killers to catch an active serial killer. Bell was the son of a murdered officer, and Lewis was held captive by a serial killer. I thought all of the characters were interesting and well written in their traumas including the killers. It felt very Criminal Minds meets Hannibal meets Split.  I also felt like the book was wrapped up nicely which is hard to do sometimes in a standalone novel. It was very Satanic panic era vibe which I always appreciate.  Would read again!

Criminal Minds S6E10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Child death

clairebonney's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death

Chapter 22 - Kristin briefly mentions to Bell that Simon shot and killed their family’s dogs - no descriptions or graphic details given