Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Club by Ellery Lloyd

22 reviews

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

cmbohn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

I read this one straight through. Probably more like a 3.5. All right, it wasn't Great Literature, but it was a good time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Car accident

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

teganbeesebooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

daylajane's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

rainbow10's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Wow. This book was crazy!!! There were so many twists and turns, and all of the characters added so many layers! I highly recommend if you love murder mysteries with a twist…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual content

finsleft's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Violence, Car accident, Murder, and Pregnancy

what_heather_loves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

"Then, as she was approaching and her heel caught a little on the edge of the Persian rug, her hand shooting out to steady herself, Ned looked up. And she saw the way he registered her stumble, an accident that might have happened to anyone. The quick glance up at her. The cruel flicker of a sneer. And it hit her that it did not matter, that an end had always been inevitable, that she could have been younger, older, quieter, louder, said too much to the press, said not enough to the press, and there would always have been a reason to get rid of her eventually. And in that moment she realised there was really only one thing left for her to do."

A psychological thriller with a number of locked room mysteries (set on an island) that only become apparent as the plot progresses. Chapters, from the perspectives of four of the main characters (all Home Group staff) are interspersed with a Vanity Fair article written after the slowly-revealed, blackmail, dramas and tragedies. The exclusive and luxury club's members are wealthy and influential and increasingly dislikeable celebrities. Chapters are short and many finish with a cliffhanger or dramatic reveal. It's fast-paced and compelling, becomes clear the situation and characters are a powder-keg where despicable people have devastating secrets and others are seeking revenge. By the end there have been deaths and revenges achieved! I throughly enjoyed reading this tense and escapist novel, which I read for this month's #TastingNotesBookClub from @the_book_taster

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction and Suicidal thoughts

jstroud'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

3.75

A slow start but the pace picks up as more is revealed about the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, and Alcohol

archaicrobin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

This one takes a bit of grace with reality and to get through it you really do need to suspend your disbelief but it was an interesting premise that just seems to fizzle our halfway through. 

Ned Groom is a millionaire that thrives off of hosting the worlds biggest stars at his resorts. Told from multiple perspectives the reader begins to unravel the tragedies that occurred during the weekend of Ned’s newest venture, island home’s launch. 

This thriller has lots of characters and lots of twists, at times too many. I really enjoyed this one at first, it was fast paced with interesting characters, and a fun premise but halfway through the twists started getting gratuitous and the story just got dull. I didn’t really care for any of the characters by the end and everything took way too long to happen. 

I read a lot of thrillers and this wasn’t the worst one I’ve read but it didn’t really do anything for me either to make it stand out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

dorsetreader's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail