Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

The Marionettes by Katie Wismer

2 reviews

puffins57's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

I picked this book up on a recommendation that it was a good fall read and I’m quite glad I did. It has vampires and witches and mysteries perfect for spooky season. The only issue I had with this book was that I felt it rushed through some conflicts extremely quickly. Immediately back-to-back, Valerie goes from a wendigo attack to being captured and tortured by Russians to killing Connor. Even the time she was captured went extremely quickly. While I’m sure the author was using this a was to plant seeds that are going to continue to grow in the upcoming books, I still wish she had chosen to focus a little more time on maybe two of these events than cramming all three in or just making the book a bit longer. That being said, I did enjoy this book and plan on immediately starting the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Classism

xo_sbaby's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Drug use and Abandonment