Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean

17 reviews

booksaretrees's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

it’s so good.. i dropped all responsibilities and curled up with my dog and finished the last half of the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

louiepotterbook's review

challenging 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

kwolfie's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book did nothing to help my paranoia about being a woman in our society, but still I couldn't put it down. Most thrillers center around people who are already dead, but this one focuses on the return of somebody who was essentially presumed dead after 2 years, and I loved this angle. It was deeply dark and very depressing, but also enthralling. It appealed to the psych student side of me leaning into the "why" behind the events and people in the book. I wish it leaned into this more, but I know that wouldn't be appealing to a wider audience, so I get it. The first 50 or so pages didn't get me, but once I got past that I read the rest of the book in 1 day, thinking about it on my drive home. I truly did not see the twists coming. Reading TWs is SO important for this book though if you need.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

meaghankmc's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

For the most part, I could not predict where this book was going next and thoroughly enjoyed the journey it took me on. I was hooked, and Ellie and Chelsey were both very interesting characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy

colorcrystals's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Gun violence, and Excrement

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy

johnny_harker's review

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

sariereads's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

trippalli's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

A sad tense and dark journey into the experiences of a teen kidnapped with other teens and a girl and their efforts to survive and escape. Really horrific and sad, a dark tale of abuse, psychological terror and Fighting for survival despite being beaten, raped and watching other girls get killed violently. A story of survival, police brutality, teen resilience and the terrifying world of abuse and damaged violent people gaslighting and brainwashing victims.

Not for the feint of heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

mamawantsbooks's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

burnourhistory's review against another edition

dark sad medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail