Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Blood Standard by Laird Barron

1 review

misterwisp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

It's pretty solid. The book pulls off a likeable antihero main character well. Some parts seemed a bit over dramatized but for all that it's a fast paced enjoyable read and leaves a desire to read the next in the series. The characters all seemed believable. There is a nice gritty tone. It gets pretty dark in a couple parts but doesn't leave you there. There is a dog. Felt worth the time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Blood, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gore, Addiction, Alcohol, Confinement, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

near the end of the book, a dog is graphically killed as part of a dog fighting ring. the main character enacts graphic bloody vengeance on those responsible, and takes one of the dogs who escaped the violence into his care.