Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

18 reviews

cepbreed's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really love Neal Shusterman, I love the YA dystopia genre and I miss its golden age. Doesn't mean this doesn't hold up today! I really enjoyed this book and finished it in one school day so I think I'll finish the second tomorrow, but I'm interested to see how the series continues, this didn't exactly end in a way that needs continuation. I bet it's a new cast of characters. If that's the case I'm really going to miss the intellect and the impulse. How in the hell did Shusterman manage to sneak a fake-dating trope in a dystopia and why did I love it so much!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual assault, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gun violence, Blood, and War

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, and Murder

abeeg05's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Abortion

touchegiantsquid's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

3.0

The book tries to "both sides" the debate between pro and anti choice laws for the sake of thrills. I would not say it handled that well.

It's hard to take this dystopia seriously since it seems to lack any theory of how politics works. It's just "what if a bunch of terrible things happened? Wouldn't that be terrible?" It doesn't seem to have anything to say about the debate, it just wants to use it to give the appearance of synthesis at the conclusion.

The craft of the conclusion was good, which is why I didn't rate the book lower.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

scarlettskyes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

magnoliabloomfield's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

While it deals with some very delicate and controversial subjects, the author has characters express a range of thoughts, opinions, and feelings on the matter so it doesn’t come across as the author being problematic. Since it was written a while ago it may not have our current level of sensitivity in 2022, but if you keep that in mind and engage your critical thinking I think you can really find the story fascinating if not entertaining. It hooked me pretty well and then toward the end was a chapter that really blew my mind and terrified me in a good way, it was very skillfully done and amazing though dark and terrifying. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

bookcaptivated's review

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Blood, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Abortion, and Pregnancy

alouette's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Car accident

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, and Sexual assault

Minor: Religious bigotry and Abortion