Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Keep It In The Family by John Marrs

30 reviews

cbbyles07's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was the most insane twisty thing I've read to date but I couldn't stop reading it. The premise is horrific, but I had to know what was going on. I swear ever three chapters my jaw was on the floor or I was saying wtf?! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage

I don't know that I would read this if you're pregnant or just had a child. It will give you nightmares.

rachel_jones03's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kamerynl's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Stalking and Abandonment

mckinleyelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Infertility, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity

elisecullers's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

chanatova'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Pandemic/Epidemic

smurff328's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Ok this book was CRAZY. Sick & twisted for sure, I almost DNF’d it twice. However I did love the twists included. I will say that the book went on too long & could’ve ended at the 80% point, or even 90%. It started feeling repetitive, and then led me to hating the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Vomit, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Eating disorder

cbressler80's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

This book is pretty dark.  I read a lot of thrillers and will need a palate cleanser or maybe 3 before another thriller.  Just when I thought the book was going to end more kept coming.  The ending was so disturbing.  I be sure to check trigger warnings on this book before reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

hollaylonn's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Child death, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Car accident, Murder, and Pregnancy

ilasoltys'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? It's complicated

2.5

The beginning is really slow but I found it picked up around the 30% mark. Ending was predictable. It kept me on my toes once it got interesting but it wasn't the most thrilling book to read. The topics mentioned in the book are also really disturbing-- it's not extremely graphic but definitely not for the faint of heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, and Murder