Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Sour Candy by Kealan Patrick Burke

6 reviews

cheyrohm'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, and Murder

bashsbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Sour Candy was a fun and eerie short story. I enjoyed the more mundane aspects - in initial interaction at the store, the car accident, the discussion with the detectives - the most. When it edged into more direct eldritch horror, I found that I liked it a little less - the writing style (which is inverted in a way I find hard to describe) is better suited to the mundane.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gaslighting, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Minor: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Suicide

franzys_whip's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Car accident, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Eating disorder

Minor: Pregnancy

teaselkie's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Car accident

Moderate: Blood, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse

booking_along'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? It's complicated

4.75

That’s what you’re supposed to do with old toys. If they’re broken you get new ones.

This was something! 

i really understand why people keep saying this is extremely creepy and utterly strange but compellingly horrific. 

i give full props to the author for writing an entire horror story that leaves everything open gives no explanation but makes it work! 

he writes all kinds of horror tropes into this but gives them a bit of a spin, enough to makes this different enough to not tell the reader where it going. 

for a very simplistic and very short story the author really managed to pack everything you need to write a memorable horror.

also ending this as creepily as it began? Full marks for that!

if you want something quick but unforgettable and just the right amount of horror to be creeped out but enjoy yourself at the same time? 
go for it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Violence, Confinement, and Death

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark 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: Child death, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Car accident