Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

19 reviews

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, and Car accident

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

kaiiyo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Beautiful story beautifully told
Claire Legrand has an incredible talent with words and her descriptions of emotions have genuinely given me some new language to describe feelings I didn't previously have words for
Equal parts sickeningly horrifying and achingly sweet
A celebration of the will of girls and the things they are capable of
This one will be sticking with me for a long time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

mostlyvoidpartiallystars's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

An incredible exploration of grief, of the costs of power, and how love changes us. 

The horror was very well built up, making it one of the more terrifying horror novels I've read. 

The only reason it's not a full 5.0 is

I don't feel like the cult was built out well. I like her dad's role in it, and his being forced to choose between it and his daughter, but the rest of the cultists almost felt cartoonishly evil in a way that didn't click for me. I needed a little more for it to land. They're a great complication, but their characterization leaves something to be desired.

Is this story a "Bury Your Gays" trope?

Not at all

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Racism, and Death of parent

allisonsmith120's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Vomit

theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Really enjoyed the first 200 pages but after that things kind of derailed for me. I didn't love where the plot ultimately ended up and I found the characters way too catty and self-centered in the face of what they were supposed to be dealing with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

lauralintunen's review against another edition

dark inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

runes_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

No spoiler review!
5/5 stars
Read for 2 hours and 41 minutes according to Libby, and picked it up four times (so like 40ish minutes average per sitting)
LOVED this story! The characters were so incredible and interesting, I cared so much for all of them. The POV switching was great and easy to follow, the vibes and word choice and IMAGERY was just amazing. Every character was so distinct and their own whole person. Some stories with POV switching and this many characters get sort of muddled, this certainly did not. It took me a while to love the characters, but once I did? They were so life like. All in all, a wonderful book that made me cry. There are some pretty heavy topics though, so make sure to check with the content warnings first

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Gun violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

chris_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Vomit, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

oliverreeds's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

pretty good. the character relationships were stilted at the beginning. i didnt understand their motivations but it made sense at the end. i just wish there had been more friendship initially. would have provided a better foundation

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism