Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

24 reviews

sopherdopher's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-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

I read these books because they seemed like fun. Ridiculous in concept but something I could read without thinking much. Teens recruited by the FBI and solving crimes, which seem to always connect to their personal baggage! Sure! The first two delivered in that, and wrapped up the love triangle pretty quickly which was a nice sign. But the complete shift in the third book is baffling? And the ending of the fourth book is so unnecessary and awful?? It felt like a soap opera, with too many characters and everyone related and murdering one another. The last two books felt like a different series than the first two. I'm not sure what teenager I would ever recommend this series to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Rape

lkristin2018's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

An intriguing YA mystery featuring the “Naturals.” They start investigating one thing and discover it’s connected with so much more. The relationships between the characters and the thought process they go through to solve crimes are both engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

a main character kills herself so that her child won’t be forced to kill her. There is extreme and vivid violence. There is ritual, cult violence and abuse. It appears that a character has dissociative identity disorder, though it’s not explicitly stated.

bertiethefern's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death and Self harm

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, and Drug use

anushar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

idk how anyone can possibly be okay after the events of this book. truly fucked up in the grandest of proportions— like get yourself a one way ticket to trauma city level. there is a sequel type novella that’s in the print version that i got from the library so i’m reading that next but first i need to recover from this insanity. tbh the only thing that would’ve made this series better is if i cared at all about dean and cassie like i just don’t think they had that much chemistry but when your life revolves around serial killers how much social intelligence can you really have? (the way i used almost all the trigger warning tags is crazy)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

brooklyn0426's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Animal death and Self harm

gingerbooknerd3's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

meganm1587'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape

wganas4's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cursing

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Alcohol

emmadb766's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Death of parent

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail