Reviews tagging 'Gore'

What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

17 reviews

idonttcareeeee's review

adventurous informative slow-paced

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

1.75

first half of the book was absolute ass. second half...was barely tolerable. do not recommend. had some fun times toward the end, but still not fun enough to even think about without cringing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Gore, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

kshertz's review

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

Wow this was such a great book!! It really is like the Mummy movie. The romance is very PG but you root for them. There’s a lot of surprise twists and they made me gasp out loud.  Especially at the end when I realized it’s a series and the next book is not out for a while 😒. I would like to read the next book in the series so that’s how you know it’s worth the read! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Abandonment, Gore, Murder, Confinement, Death, and Gaslighting

schweibertsm's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

This is a mysterious and fascinating story about a young woman, her family and Egypt. The author does a great job painting the scenery and the story is elaborate. I felt like there was too much and I'm undecided whether I want to read the 2nd book and conclusion to the story. I'm wondering if maybe this type of book isn't quite my cup of tea

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Infidelity

kylosten's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, Colonisation, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

jesuu__'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

Those abandonment issues were hittin a little too close to home...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Trafficking, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Gore, and War

annagrams10's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Gore

sunny_bumblebee's review

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Racism, Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Infidelity, Death, Torture, Sexism, Misogyny, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Confinement and Abandonment

lakinglaze's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

First off, thank you so much to St. Martin's Press for the ARC of this book. I’m so grateful and have now bought two separate editions of my own and the audiobook because I loved it so! Isabel Ibañez did such an incredible job with this novel! 🥰

I absolutely loved everything about the story. As a trained archaeologist myself, it hits very close to my heart! Inez’s strength drew me to her side and never let go. Whit’s charisma and ‘wit’ty banter had me falling right in love with him. The story was exciting, mysterious, adventurous, fun, devastating, shocking, and left me gasping for more! November won’t arrive soon enough! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Animal death, Colonisation, Gore, Grief, Vomit, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Confinement, Sexism, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

laurenleigh's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.5

I’ve really enjoyed previous work by this author, but this one didn’t do it for me. It was pitched as having The Mummy vibes, but that gave me the expectation this would be fast-paced and have a lot more action. I enjoyed the romance and the characters though. I considered DNF-ing a few hours in, and even though I didn’t, it’s a good reminder for me that it’s OKAY to put a book down. I can trust my judgement more in my 2024 reads!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Gun violence

Moderate: Gore, Xenophobia, Violence, and Misogyny

tarfishy's review

adventurous emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Gun violence, Alcohol, Death, and Gore