Reviews tagging 'Blood'

This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau

27 reviews

finnsnowbevi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse and Excrement

sofiam19's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book centered on mommy issues felt claustrophobic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Fatphobia, Violence, Blood, and Gaslighting

elle_griffin's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, Stalking, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

kkalicky94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

booksandbears's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Body shaming and Dementia

thegayestghost's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

grimdark_dad's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

vixenreader's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Note to self: listen to your gut instinct and never get into a car with your emotionally-abusive relatives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Medical trauma, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Infertility and Car accident

Be warned, there is a dead body, controlling parental behaviour, dysfunctional familial relationships, and broken limbs.

mfrisk's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is an incredibly tense and stressful deep dive into a toxic mother/daughter relationship with a story that references Misery, The Shining, and Psycho. As many have noted there are two major twists and I did see one of them coming but wasn’t clear how the ending would sort out. As depressing as it is though it seemed fitting that that is what we are building to.

I really enjoyed this short novella read and would highly recommend it to those who are looking for something dark and psychological. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

cursivewolf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail