Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

El sótano by Natasha Preston

19 reviews

bookishchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

It was okay. It was underwelming at times and could've been better. 
The writing was very simplimatic and not very descriptive, but it never dragged and the story kept me entertained. If you need something to binge read then you'll probably like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder and Confinement

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

sammirosewater'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

abbycohen03's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Every chapter had you glued to the book wanting to read another chapter

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Trafficking, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, and Adult/minor relationship

samantha7815's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Trafficking, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Gore, and Panic attacks/disorders

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Violence, Mental illness, Rape, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Suicide

Minor: Stalking and Sexism

rachelwierick's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

2.75

Not very well written, but entertaining. I really just wanted to know if the guy got caught and how. Had a realistic ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Murder

unprepossesin's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.75

the book is definitely what it is- a wattpad story on paper. It is fast paced, barely details, and unable to get attached to most characters. It could have been edited a bit better, details couldve been fed to the audience instead of thrown together. I definitely feel like it is half baked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Incest, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Misogyny, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Grief, Pedophilia, and Mental illness

is it worth a read? i would say if you are bored

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The Cellar by Natasha Preston was heartbreaking and full of suspense. I don’t find myself to be easily triggered, but even I had moments of severe discomfort while reading this book, so I want to make it very clear that if you’re considering reading it, definitely check out the content warnings before you do. This story is creepy and though it makes an important point to stare on multiple occasions how wrong it is, there is a lot of uncomfortable content here given that our main character is only 16/17 and the man who kidnaps her is in his 30s. I think this content is so unsettling because it isn’t watered down and it isn’t presented to make it palatable. It’s supposed to make you uncomfortable because of how awful the situation is, and it does that almost too well. This book is really fast-paced, and while the timeline gets a little confusing jumping back and forth while chasing perspectives, it was still an enjoyable read. I don’t honk it is my favorite by Preston, but it certainly was a dark, psychological suspense worth reading if you can get past the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Kidnapping, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Medical content, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Confinement, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Stalking and Suicide

car3b3ar's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Body horror, and Physical abuse

dariana12's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-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? No

5.0

This book was amazing! I usually don’t love past and present chapters but in this case, it was definitely the way to make this story have more depth. I loved all the characters and never got confused between any of the “flowers”. It’s crazy how that environment affected Summer over time and how Lewis never gave up even after 7 month. He was so supportive throughout everything and the past stories between Summer and Lewis were the most adorable thing I have ever read!! It felt like this book was very well thought out and this book was an overall AMAZING book!! Definitely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Blood