Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

29 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.25

The romance angle continued to be very cringe in this one, and the plot was predictable.  It was odd that towards the end it was laid out as a kind of twist when it felt so obvious that I was questioning if maybe it was circling into red herring territory but nope.

Serves it's purpose for being a book I don't care about in between other books I do.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lottie_j's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Liked this book a lot. Didn’t grip me as much as the first but I still really enjoyed it. Looking forward to the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

abbiebonnyman's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Suicide

fairychos's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

HOLY SHIT. I LOVED THIS EVEN MORE. ALSO OH MY GOD THE DEAN BACKSTORY AND ANGST ???? ALSO PROGRESS NOT ONLY ON DEANCASSIE (i love michael sm btw but sorry dude… i’m team dean…. michael can be team #me tho idm :3) BUT WE’RE SLOWLY BUT STEADILY GETTING CLOSER TO PROBABLY SOLVING CASSIE’S MOTHER’S CASE??? ALSO LETS FUCKING GO?? THE ENDING? YEAH??? starting book 3 IMMEDIATELY. (yea i finished this book in one day again :3)

basically this book’s review in memes: 

sterling the beginning of the book: What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I've been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I'm the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You're fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that's just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You're fucking dead, kiddo.

sterling the end of the book: i’ve only known you (guys) for X days, but if anything happens to you i would kill everyone in this room and then myself

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, and Murder

lkristin2018's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

samreen_f's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book went from an easy 5 star to a 4.5 star to a 4 star which although I’ll admit is still high the book got worse and worse and WORSE. First thing I need to talk about is the STUPID LOVE TRIANGLE. Love triangles are my LEAST FAVOURITE TROPE because someone always gets hurt in the process and my heart actually broke

when she chose stupid Dean over MICHAEL ALEXANDER THOMAS TOWNSEND 😭😭😭😭 she chose the wrong dude. It was actually heartbreaking when he asked her if he found her first instead of Dean would she choose him and she didn’t even respond😖😖😭😭 and he was SOO SAD and he said “that’s what I thought” 😭 NO NO PLEASE I SWEAR SHE CHOSE DEAN ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS WEIRD TRAUMA BOND CRAP RIGHT NOW. Cassie really said “ Ew I DoNt WanT tHe EmPatHeTIc ( literally) SwEEt ChArMiNg FuNnY ToWnSeND I WaNT tHE EmO DePrEssED TrAUmaTiSed ReDDiNg! WTH WAS THAT GIRL THINKING!?  

anyways….. (sigh) apart from that dumb romance the plot was actually very entertaining and I love the development of Agent Sterling but it was like

Omg there’s 2 killers then last minute it’s like op nope we have 3 I felt like it was waaayyyy to late int the book to add another killer

ALSO is it just me who feels so bad for Sloane she literally deserves the world she always enthusiastic and sweet but LIA?! she really gets on my nerves sometimes and I’m like please 🙏🏻 be quiet 😌🤌🏻 so I really liked the plot the romance in this book I could get through better as it wasn’t as cringy and I really liked the plot twists some of it was obvious though. Overall I did like this better then the first book and I hoping in the next book things get a little better!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse and Gun violence

redempta's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

5🌟

Second book in the series and second hit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment

brooklyn0426's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

Couldn't put this book down! Jsut finished reading it 5 minutes ago and already have the next book in my lap ready to go. The characters just keep getting better and I'm getting more and more attached to them all. The cases continue to keep my guessing and even if I think I have an idea of what's going to happen, I may only be the slightest bit correct, but never fully, and always more intriguing than I can imagine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

meganm1587's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder