Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

53 reviews

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Infidelity, and Violence

aprilblues348's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Stalking, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, and Death of parent

kmyllek's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Blood

Minor: Sexual content, Self harm, and Vomit

opplecopter's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Gun violence, Alcohol, Murder, Child death, Suicide attempt, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Vomit, and Blood

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, Murder, Death, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Blood, Gun violence, and Child death

nxpe's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The first half was a little difficult to get through to be perfectly honest. The way it's written causes you to feel the same confusion as the character, which is great! But I wasn't in the mood to have my brain messed with like that. 

The actual twist I did (kind of) guess, but it was still a good twist nonetheless. And it was still interesting seeing how it was played out. I wasn't overly happy with the ending, but I do think the story ended how it needed too. So, that's okay. 

Compared to other thriller's I've read, this one feels a lot heavier. Like, a lot of the others have plot twists so insane that it feels very fictional. But this book truly felt like something that could be a true crime story. And that's great, but it's very heavy, and leaves you with a sense of dread after reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Blood, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Addiction

Minor: Vomit

jesshart8's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Death, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, and Self harm

igroswell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

 The storytelling and describing the author does is phenomenal. She has a way with descriptive language that I don't feel we see too often, and her use of literary devices like similes and anecdotes are so well done. Another thing that drew me in was that I grew up not far from the towns mentioned in the novel, and that gave it a more alluring quality for me personally, making me very intrigued to follow the story. This book gets a 2 because of the ending. I saw it coming from a mile away. I like to be shocked and bamboozled, plot twists are my favorite. I didn't feel that way when I read this. The book was well written, and I was engaged the entire time, never bored. I really enjoyed this, I just felt let down by the ending. I will however definitely read more by this author, I loved her style of writing so much., but ultimately, the ending soured the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Violence

Minor: Blood, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Drug use, and Miscarriage

sarahmaemae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Child death, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual content

frekdal's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Grief, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Violence