Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Taming 7 by Chloe Walsh

6 reviews

clara01's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I really wanted to love this book but I was slightly disappointed with it. I found the constant mood changes in the book made it quite hard to read. One minute it's jokey and lightheaded and the next very depressing.

Surprisingly I didn't warm to Claire's character much, I think it's because there wasn't much to her other than her love for Gibsie. I thought Gibsie was written really well, he's such a complex character and it really came across. I was also disappointed with Lizzie's character, I really wanted to like and understand her but the constant bickering (and bullying) was just too much.
I think my favorite parts of the book were any time the Lynch siblings, Aiofe and Johnny were mentioned.

I wish the book had less filler chapters and got to the actual gritty part a lot sooner. It felt like reading a lot of silly chatter and Claire and Gibsie go round in circles on whether they should be together or not. Then around 100 pages to the end of the book a major incident is revealed. I think with certain topics there should be time to make sure it's covered properly and I don't think it was given that. It really threw me because I wasn't expecting it and then within a couple short chapters it had already been wrapped up and swept under the rug.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Death, Rape, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

Minor: Violence, Alcohol, Vomit, Blood, and Addiction

amh219298's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Self harm, Cursing, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Blood, Death, Child death, and Addiction

aamie's review against another edition

I wish everyone in this series could get 2 books 😭🙏 I love them soooo much but it was good how this one ended. Dark tho and graphic but also Gibsie and Claire are rays of sunshine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Rape, Pedophilia, Grief, and Adult/minor relationship

greylandreviews's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

"Yes," I screamed back at her. "Your sister is not the victim in this story. She was never Mark's victim. She was his fucking accomplice!"
definition of
ac·com·plice
/əˈkämpləs/ noun
a person who helps another commit a crime.
Uhh... this book is very polarizing to me. The last 25% of this book made me cry my eyes out but how Gibsie's trauma was handled was a big NO. Also blaming somebody's dead sister who commited suicide because of the guilt she felt that she didn't believe him (that is completely different than actually knowing what was happening and NOT doing anything about it.) is not great.
This also didn't feel like a romance at all. Don't even get me started on fucking Lizzie. She made me want to pulling my fucking hair out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Violence, Rape, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol and Addiction

andeng's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Blood, Gore, Bullying, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

ellamc's review

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

I'm going to say something unpopular, I don't think this is as good as the OG two books. I think the author was better at writing from Johnny and Shannon's POVs. It did drag a lot for the shortest book in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Drug use, Rape, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt