Reviews tagging 'Grief'

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

22 reviews

taylorc19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was such a creepy book. I have recently been reading strictly romcoms, so I was in the mood for a darker, eerie story. Boy, did this deliver. Emma is a strong, badass female protagonist with her fair share of nightmares. I wish we had more flashbacks or insight into her kidnapping and how she escaped because that felt relatively glossed over, given how big of an impact that experience had on her personality. I felt I knew enough to understand her motives and why she responded to situations in the way she did. However, I still am not totally clear on why she went to the FBI in the first place. I liked Bell, although he felt slightly more flat than Emma. He seemed very straightforward and lacked complexity in his character. I don't fully understand why Agent Cooper thought Emma and Bell would be the best duo for the job since they had very different experiences. Still, I can overlook that because I did enjoy the friendship and camaraderie they formed.  Side note:

was it necessary to make Cooper die??? I was just starting to like him!!!

Simon might have been the most interesting character to learn about, and I would love to know more about him. I feel like Kristin might have known more than she let on during his murder spree. I am intrigued about what he sees in Emma and why she enthralls him. However, I don't understand the end where

he basically eats (?) Hoyt while screaming, "You're not even the same species as me." Like part of me thought this would turn into some weird vampire novel

. Overall, I definitely liked this book and would recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

ashes_book_cave's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

zoejjj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

It was a good thriller but 100% reads like a YA (which it is so no judgement. I don’t think I could handle an adult true thriller because I am a wuss at heart) I feel no real attachment to the characters which doesn’t mean they were poorly written I just never clicked with them. 

The emotions all seemed heavy handed and forced. Emma’s trauma was probably written very accurately, it seems like the author did a lot of research, but my eyes just glazed over the pages worth of describing her panic.

I don’t know. I don’t want to be mean because it was an enjoyable book. It was a quick and easy read aside from the two incredibly graphic murders that were described. It was fun but it wasn’t AMAZING. Does that make sense?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

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

maddiecfloyd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism

mint_the_muffin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Grief

achay91's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism

theunfinishedbookshelf's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

cozyreadsandcoffee's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? No

3.0

I had such high hopes for this book...however it did feel like it was dragging so much with the plot/characters. I didn't find too much satisfaction in the end. I did enjoy the thrill of trying to figure out what was going on but got lost at times with a lot of the facts [there was a lot of forensic and medical terminology with not a lot of explanation] If you enjoy anything like criminal minds, or silence of the lambs, this is for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder