Reviews tagging 'Blood'

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

67 reviews

kater_tot's review against another edition

3.75

definitely a little mental junk food indulgence but an entertaining listen between more challenging reads. Going to follow up with the next in the series for the mindless fun of it. I do agree with other reviews that state the reveal should've been a bit more exciting of a twist but still a quick satisfying greasy burger of a book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Gore, and Murder

vj_thompson's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.0

Ellie Marley’s writing is beautiful. I highlighted so many lyrical moments. Shout out to the part mentioning Texas sunsets 💕 The frustrating thing that I couldn’t get over while reading is the fact that this book is rated as “young adult.” Icky. 

Please read the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Sexism

Minor: Medical content and Vomit

mangela_28's review

dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Murder, Blood, and Death

directorpurry's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

maddiecfloyd's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism

kccool12255's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

This book is…interesting, to say the least. It’s a different style than I’m used to, but I think it works. Love the relationship between Emma and Travis (MISSED opportunity for a romance), how they deal with their trauma, Cooper, the Gutmunssons, great. I didn’t understand HOW they found the killer,

Spoiler

the INCEST was…yeah. But the WAY he killed people, and SIEGFRIED? Yes.

And this book gets a thumbs-up from me because IT MADE ME GAG. MORE THAN ONCE. Ridiculous. Cool read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cursing, Incest, and Death of parent

sharkgirl45's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Body horror

itslani's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

criminal minds but in the early years of the BAU. and with teens

this is my second time reading a Ellie Marney novel. and i can say i love this one better than The Killing Code. 

however there is two or so chapters i wish we didn’t have (spoiler!! we’re in the killers point of view) which i don’t think we needed. i would have liked if we were shocked or surprised by the killer. although Simon was shocking haha. him the the second last chapter!!!

due to that, 
4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, and Death

laurenevlyn's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book! The characters were all very well written and the writing style is unique but easy to get used to. Emma is an amazing character and her growth was very well done. Simon is intriguing and complicated and creepy and I really hope we get more of him in book 2. Overall and amazing book with great characters and great interactions between those characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol

tyler_machotka's review

dark 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

4.75

This book was way different from what I normally read, but I still really enjoyed it! You can tell the author took a lot of time researching and it really payed off! I will definitely be reading the second one at some point! I feel like this book is really under hyped sadly (i mean look at the cover it's gorgeous). So overall I really enjoyed it! I feel like the ending was perfect as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug use