Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Sicko by Amo Jones

10 reviews

tarantulagirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Body horror, Trafficking, Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cannibalism and Pregnancy

ashcoxx's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I wanted to love this book. I was really looking forward to reading it but it fell flat. It had so much potential but there were so many plot holes that it just left me confused on how certain things came to be. There was no clear indicator (at least in the audio book) on what was the past and present because it just flashed back and forth without warning within minutes, leaving me consistently saying “huh?!” and rewinding to try to figure out what was happening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book was amazing. I only stopped put it down once since I started it and it was to sleep. I was right back to it once I woke up. I loved the will they, won't they aspect when it came to Royce and Jade. It was definitely slow paced when it came to them actually getting together. But I loved that it was. The tension between them was amazing throughout the entire book. I loved how protective Royce was of Jade (along with all the guys) even when he denied his feeling for her, saying he didn't care about her, you could clearly tell he was lying. And I loved that Jade fought right back and didn't take all that Royce threw at her.

The mystery was great as well. And the plot twist upon plot twist towards the end left me shocked. I did guess who James was early on. It was pretty obvious who he was, at least to me. But the other twists I had no idea about. And I was left shocked and surprised by it all. I was especially shocked by Jade in the end. What she did and was a part of surprised the hell out of me. But it only showed just how strong and powerful she really is.

The only complaint I have about this book is the fact there is just a general authors note about the content in this book. This book could be very damaging to someone if it got into the wrong hands without a more detailed and specific trigger list due to the type of content that is in this book. I really don't like that the author brushes this off saying that this is "her version of dark" and that the content is very dark without actually going into detail about what that dark content is. So I'm very disappointed by this fact. 

Despite that, I did rate this book 5 stars, because I was thoroughly entertained and hooked from the beginning. I literally did not want to stop reading at any point. It was an absolutely amazing read.

I'd definitely recommend this, but only if I know the person I'm recommending it to can handle the content. And I'd always provide all the content warnings if I'm recommending it just in case to give them the option to opt out of reading it if they so choose.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Gun violence, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

azapolya's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

bookswhitme's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Murder, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

sam019's review

challenging 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? No

4.5

Super dark but super interesting topics and stories! Loved this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Medical content, Drug use, Grief, Sexual violence, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Torture, Abandonment, Child abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

jtbooklover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow. Just WOW. This book is dark and definitely NOT for the faint of heart. I pride myself in being able to see what is going to happen in books. I DID NOT SEE THIS COMING! Holy hell this book is good. It is twisted and dark. Most of the time you sit there wondering what the hell is happening but Amo Jones could not have done a more fantastic job with these characters. If you like dark romance READ THIS RIGHT NOW!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Physical abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Rape and Child abuse

Minor: Torture

rebeccanedeau's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Incest, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, and Death of parent

kaitebrenn's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This was my first read by Amo Jones herself. Once I fell in love with book and read it, I had to dig myself more into her world, her mind more or less. But once I heard people say this was her most intense, dark read, then its all smooth sailing of knowing what she writes, how she writes and how she pin points everything into one book. A mystery with love and passion, but a mix of terror and horror of a negative event that reflects on that main character. I probably dont make any sense since this book blew my mind. I freakin love it! My favorite book of hers and I mean, I'm on my way to reading all of her books ❤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, and Trafficking

Minor: Alcohol

sapphicread's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Incest, Torture, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood and Gun violence